Hello Ward.

29 May 04 15:11, you wrote to me:

 >> This is who you want representing you as Z2C?

 WD> I would be dissappointed if you were not part of such a discussion.

 WD> Enough people know that you in the meantime have commented about
 WD> virtually each and every ZC for the past decade, that they're dicators,
 WD> that they should be removed, bla bla bla...

When have I ever said any such thing about any of the other ZC's? AAMOF, I
think Renato, Janis and Malcolm are doing a commendable job, and have
always got along quite fine with them. The other two in Z5 and Z6 I don't
know enough about to have formed any opinions on them, but I've never had a
reason to say anything bad about them.

But you're not gonna let actual /facts/ get in the way of your slander
campaign now, are you? Don't let the other ZC's speak for themselves about
whether I've said these things about them, just eagerly spread your lies
and misinformation, all the better to further your agenda of misleading
your own zone about what the truth of things are.

 WD> For your information, it seems the general opinion of zone-2 sysops is
 WD> that there are no private-conferences, that they should be public.

Good for them. So long as no one outside of Z2 is affected, there's nothing
wrong with those opinions. Once you get echos going outside of Z2 however,
then you have to take into consideration the wishes of those outside of Z2.

Oh, but then again, you think Z2 should force every other zone in this
network to do things /their/ way. Never mind the rights of the sysops in
the other zones, you'll trample all over them to ensure that you get your
way.

 WD> Seen from that point of view, indeed, that is what they want done and
 WD> that is what was done. I'm just sorry that Renato beat me a little bit.
 WD> :-)

What you have done is blatently disregard the wishes of others who may
disagree with what your zone wants, just because you think your way should
be the only way. Since it is those others' right to say whether they want
their messages to be private or not, your actions are morally
reprehensible.

 WD> Further, if you think it should remain private and want to set an example
 WD> then what holds you from removing yourself from this conference and
 WD> encouraging everybody else to leave as well? If nobody takes it then
 WD> there is no issue. Just admit that you're just as sensation-filled as
 WD> everyone else and that you try to read as much ZCC-stuff as you can.

Ah, yeah; try to stifle the voice of opposition to the "Great Ward
Dossche's" POV. It seems you like to go to quite extreme lengths in
your attempts to do that. Happily, you most often fail miserably in that
endeavor.

This is a public echo. ZCC is not. Do you know the difference?


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