Hi Dale,
In a message to Jason Vierik you wrote:

 JV>> I want to bitch about the fact that whatever hobby people pick,
 JV>> it seems like there are people in it that just tear into someone 
 JV>> right off the bat.  I think that sucks and discourages 
 JV>> people..  I have
 JV>> seen that in almost every hobby I have gotten involed in.

 DR> Hi Jason!

 DR> This is simple. Some people have to makeup for things they lack in
 DR> real life any place they can. Because FidoNet has a structure to it, 
 DR> some feel they
 DR> can make up for things by assuming power. Take your situation for
 DR> example. Take note of the people that replied to you in FN_SYSOP. You 
 DR> will see the
 DR> same set of people always in on these situations where they can push
 DR> a little bit of power around. With Net 229 this is the same thing. 
 DR> The only
 DR> thing that has changed is the target sysops are a different set. It
 DR> is the EXACT same set of attacking sysops that have been around for 
 DR> ages now.

ROFL!

I must say I thouroughly enjoyed your advice on "people always in on
these situations where they can push a little bit of power around". 
After all, you CAN speak on this AS an expert :)



From the desk of,

  Michael

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