Re: Why is Tim Dixon Obsessed with Sue?

Apology accepted and very much appreciated. I understand most everything you
have said here. A real pity one's sincerely meant message, only posted in
the hopes of helping others to never, ever have to suffer as I did, gets
lost in all the terrible arguments that are far from me in real life.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to All.

Sincerely,

Jan

<pellmellwillynilly@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> pellmellwillynilly@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> Nah, we all hate Jan.
>
> Jan, I apologize. There isn't anybody on this board I hate. Because I
> needed to get back to house guests, I posted quickly and without
> thinking through what I would write. I should have waited to post, as I
> did (for several weeks) to let Sue know that others are reading who
> don't find Webby and Chang appropriate with their dealings on Usenet.
>
> There is no more excuse for posting publicly in "code" than there is to
> speak a foreign language when other people around you do not speak that
> language. If you want to share something useful, you have to tell your
> story in a straightforward manner with language that everyone can
> understand, instead of expecting people to research your posting
> history (which doesn't seem doable on Google previous to 1997) or ask
> the right questions, to which they might still get coded answers. But
> this topic has been broached before in this forum. The private language
> of the clique continues to show up, as do the coded language and
> attacks against people who are part of no conspiracy at all.
>
> There is also no excuse for fighting on the board; calling people
> liars, other names, or attacking them in other ways; and repeatedly
> posting long abstracts and sets of links (which -- no -- I don't
> believe are efforts to collect my private information; I believe you
> are sincere in your efforts to communicate your fears about amalgam)
> without engaging (or being able to engage?) in any intelligible
> discussion of the ideas presented in those abstracts. Persistently
> refusing to enter into real discussion of ideas loses readers on any
> intelligent forum.
>
> Some guy named Iron Justice constantly posts abstracts and links on
> several newsgroup I read. In the best of those groups, the only
> response to him is a post with instructions for how to killfile. No one
> even mentions his name. However sincerely he believes that too much
> iron causes every human ill, readers perceive him as a lunatic. As in
> your case and Webby/Chang's, his behavior on newsgroups has undermined
> any credibility his cause might have had.
>
> I do not expect this statement to change anyone's behavior except my
> own, which is what I can control. And since I insulted publicly, I
> wanted to apologize publicly. I hope my true opinion is clearer than
> when I acted rashly.
>


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