-=> Quoting Paul Edwards to John Tserkezis <=-

Hello Paul,

 DM>> As agreed by the ZC, Paul Edwards was validly suspended for 6 weeks
 DM>> from Fidonet.  
 DM>> My reading of Policy 4 is that your attempts, in the message below, to
 DM>> bypass this temporary excommuncation are a violation of Policy. 
 DM>> If you continue with such actions I will file a Policy Complaint with
 DM>> Ted Harrison.   

 PE> Unbelievable.  Actually, Ted rang me up and said the same thing.  I
 PE> asked him what was in the origin line and he said that *I* was
 PE> reinterpreting policy.  Bloody hell, as far as I'm aware, I should
 PE> even be able to be a point, nevermind someone just reposting one of my
 PE> messages. 

 Technically, I think either as a point, BBS user or whatever, it is classed
as a "feed".  You simply giving me a file to send out is
stretching it just a
bit, well, it actually stretches it just a lot, but still well within the
defined limits set by DM.  He makes his own rules remember?
 Mind you, he was rather careful in his wording to me, he said that he, as a
single node, would place a PC against me, another single node, and that the NC
(ted) would be the one to make the decision.  He was very clear with that bit,
and after what happened in zone3_sysop, I don't think he would try it any other
way. :-)

 But really though, the whole situation has turned into another slang match.
The original one was verbal abuse due to threats.  Now it is verbal abuse
between differing interpretations of policy, by nodes who have no authority
to make the ultamate decision anyway.

 JT> So far, he has verified that David Nugent was one of the persons consulted
 JT> and OKed the excommunication, this is no real suprise, but useful for
 JT> those who are keeping tabs.

 PE> WHAT???  David Nugent OK'd the excommunication?  How do you know that?
 PE> That's certainly not the gist of what David was saying previously. 

 Look at the above DM quote.  "As agreed by the ZC, Paul Edwards was validly
suspended for 6 weeks"  as far as I am currently aware, ZC stands for Zone
Co-ordinator, and the said ZC would mean OUR ZC, who is currently David Nugent.

John Tserkezis, Sydney, Oz. Fidonet: 3:712/610  Internet: jt{at}suburbia.com.au

... And God said, "NO NO, DON'T TOUCH THA`" 
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