Ward Dossche wrote to Robert Bashe on Sunday May 30 2004 at 12:48:

WD>>> I've seen nor heard a thing from the ZCC that points in that
WD>>> direction, or another direction.

RB>> You also haven't been reading anywhere except in enet.sysop. And note
RB>> that I write "compromise", not that the others allow
you to have your
RB>> way.

WD> I'm reading ZCC, the gathering-place of the ZCs. Nothing happens
WD> there.

Netmail is not unknown in fido, as you may have heard at one time or another.

WD> So is the backchannel active?

WD> Most likely.

You apparently mean that in the negative sense, but in such cases one
_could_ negotiate a compromise by netmail and that would not be a negative
thing.

RB>> Wild swings, and this unfortunately shows you haven't understood that
RB>> yet. I told the others and I'll tell you that finger-pointing is not
RB>> a good way to let the emotions cool ...

WD> Fidonet an emotional thing? I do not understand that ...

How else should one understand your near-hysterical reactions to Roy Witt's
messages and the reactions to your PC ruling in Z1? How else your attempt
to mandate total control of the ZCC by yourself by a radical and unagreed
voting change that effectively disenfranchises all zones except Z2? Calm,
collected and rational thought? Don't make me laugh.

RB>> Deal with the present and forget the past. There are enough problems
RB>> to solve _now_ without digging up things that are done and buried.

WD> Shall I quote material from yourself, barely a week old, where you dig
WD> into the 1993-1994 period?

Ever hear the saying that those who do not learn from the past are doomed
to re-live it? Of course I make comparisons with past happenings, since I
see fido moving in the same direction. But I don't do that to heat up the
present dissent or gain support for one side only while damning the other,
as you have been attempting to do.

But you know, I'm starting to realize that neither you nor the others are
really interested in a compromise. Snotty, supercilious messages like yours
here are the order of the day. And my belief that our fido ZCs might be
something more than squabbling children is fast disappearing.

Cheers, Bob

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