TR>  CH> I had a snake try to bite me once, (not calling Chris a Snake); and 
I
 TR>  CH> forgave the snake.................. but I don't travel in his
 TR>  CH> neighborhood because I'm sure he'll still try to strike again.  I
 CC> Tom, please do something about Charles and his unwarremted attack.
 CC> For one, he really provoked ME to enter the flame war, not the
 CC> other way around.  I have not flamed him since.  Please do something
 CC> about him.  This proves what I was talking about.  Peace. -!- CNet/3
I think you need to read the message again. See the part, "(not calling Chris
a Snake)". I would not consider this to be a flame message. He just answered
the question about why he doesn't write or respond to or from you, the
question you wanted answered. I evidently interpret the message differently
than you do, possibly because I have no animosity toward either one of you.
It is fairly obvious that both of you do have animosity toward each other.
Boiled down to a very simple interpretation, Charles is saying that previous
communication with you was not pleasant, and he doesn't want to repeat the
experience. I would want the same thing, no repeat of the flames. I don't
consider this to be an attack, rather it is an answer to your question about
why Charles doesn't respond to your messages. I don't even remember what the
original flames were about, but I really don't want to know. If you can't get
along, the adult thing to do is simply not to write messages to each other.
There are plenty of other people in the echo to communicate with.
Tom Rightmer - A Victims' Rights Advocate
... Life is lived forwards, but understood backwards.
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