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Re: Frank Reed's head appears. was: NavList admin
From: Wolfgang K�berer
Date: 2007 Oct 20, 19:45 +0200
From: Wolfgang K�berer
Date: 2007 Oct 20, 19:45 +0200
This discussion is taking a very strange turn by GregR's mail. He is telling George to "move on" and - as I understand it - not to assault "the rest of us bystander's sensibilities". Gentlemen, have I missed something there? Who was it that made everybody else a witness to an attack on somebody else's integrity? Thereby assaulting at least my sensibilities as a bystander. That wasn't George, if I am not completely illiterate. Now if Peter Fogg's initial mail wasn't meant as an attack, one would expect a response like: "Sorry, I didn't think you would consider that as an insult, I didn't mean it that way." Did that happen? Not that I can remember. Instead Peter Fogg tried to show to the rest of us "sensible bystanders" that every he wrote about George is true. Which can only mean: "If he feels insulted, that's just what I intended." And when somebody - in this case me - tries to point out that Peter Fogg's criticism has passed a line that should not be passed - he is denigrated as well: "faulty logic" and "gallery" being the particular attributes aimed at me. Now I've heard worse and will certainly hear more in the future, so I don't particularly care - apart from the fact that I will not respond to Peter Fogg's off-list requests in the future. But the point is: Peter Fogg is obviously not willing to retract one single word or step. Now George hits back. At that point Greg steps in and says: "Move on". But that's telling the one who's been slandered that he should shut up and not complain; that's telling the victim that he's the culprit. That's not my idea of the right moral position, not in the real world and not in a discussion group. Now I will move on, if everybody else does. Wolfgang -----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht----- Von: NavList@fer3.com [mailto:NavList@fer3.com]Im Auftrag von Greg R. Gesendet: Donnerstag, 18. Oktober 2007 19:44 An: NavList@fer3.com Betreff: [NavList 3441] Re: Frank Reed's head appears. was: [NavList 3426] NavList admin George: Your posts to this list are often filled with navigational wisdom (and occasional wit as well), but in this case you come off as nothing more than a pompous ass. So please give it a rest and just move on - this is definitely not worth the wasted bandwidth, not to mention the assault on the rest of us bystander's sensibilities. Hmm... I wonder if "assault" is actionable too... ;-) -- GregR --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to NavList@fer3.com To , send email to NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---