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Re: My assesment of the JAL situation
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lugnet.people, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.terms
Date: 
Sun, 5 Aug 2001 20:17:42 GMT
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In lugnet.people, Tim Courtney writes:
> I thought my posts on this situation were over...
> 
> After cooling down a bit, responding to some email, and re-reading my
> correspondence with Jessie which he has chosen to make an example of me
> with, I'll offer these words.
> 
> It is Jessie, not I, not Matt Gerber, not Mladen, nor anyone else who is the
> antagonist in this situation.  He has repeatedly disregarded the LUGNET
> community and the people who have kindly instructed him on how to behave.
> Through email and through LUGNET he has attested that because of his
> condition he has a special purpose and for that reason he believes he is
> above our social norms, our ToS rules, etc.
> 
> As for my communication privately with JAL, it was of a much milder nature
> than even I recalled.  I wrote him 4 emails in which I was firm in
> addressing issues but never insulted him personally, and only used profanity
> in one instance, in an illustration, not even directed at him.  He has taken
> the one time I have used a profane word and blown it up to an astronomical
> proportion in his drivel today to paint me and others on LUGNET as the bad
> side.  I will not have my words misrepresented in that fashion.
> 
> My views are, because of the repeated actions of JAL, and his repeated
> disregard for LUGNET as a community, he should be banned from posting to
> LUGNET.  To add weight to my point, take his own profanity which someone's 9
> year old daughter picked up on here on the site.  Clearly that's the reason
> the profanity clause exists in the ToS and it was undeniably broken in this
> case, this time with some unfortunate results.
> 
> To add credibility to my words, I invite anyone who is curious to email me
> and request a copy of the email messages I composed to JAL.  I will gladly
> send them and you will see my statements are true about my actions and about
> his.
> 
> -Tim

I guess I simply picked the wrong place to say the message, whether setting
an example or not but you sent the profanity as well and you should have
known better as well.  I also used the profanity that I used as an
illustration that I do not appreciate being spoken to in that manner, either
and you are right about me blowing this out of proportion.  I guess what I
should have said is that you should not use language like that towards me,
whether private or public but I guess I have a lot on my mind and not a lot
of room left for thought after this, Tim.

Jesse Long

P.S.  Do not kick me off because I was trying to not get you into trouble.



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  My assesment of the JAL situation
 
I thought my posts on this situation were over... After cooling down a bit, responding to some email, and re-reading my correspondence with Jessie which he has chosen to make an example of me with, I'll offer these words. It is Jessie, not I, not (...) (25 years ago, 5-Aug-01, to lugnet.people, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.terms)

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