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From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 6 Jun 2010 16:47 On Sun, 6 Jun 2010 21:32:26 +0100, %steve%@malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth) wrote: >Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: > >> Steve Firth <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote: >> >> > That's untrue. His first posts to the group were met with attacks which >> > continue to the present. >> >> And that's simply untrue. > >No it's not. He was attacked for being a troll and accused of being a >sock puppet of Chris Holland. That's the one. It was several months into James' tenure here, mind. I wonder if we can expect more CH now that you've so kindly named him... that'll add to the friendly, open atmosphere. Cheers - Jaimie -- I was most impressed when I looked up into the London sky and saw a star through all the light pollution. A few of us checked some astronomy references to try and identify it, and we're reasonably confident that it was Sol. -- Peter Corlett, asr
From: Pd on 6 Jun 2010 17:25 Steve Firth <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote: > Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote: > > > And I keep asking, and neither you nor James seem to have any answer at > > all, what is your alternative? Are you simply looking for agreement that > > Rowland is rude to people? > > I'm looking for people to take their own advice and to leave James > alone. And I'm pointing out the hypocrisy of those who beat on James for > not doing what they want. If you think he's as mad as Rowland, fair enough, I'll shut up and leave him and Rowland to their bitchfest. I just thought he was sane enough to hear and heed a bit of rationality. -- Pd
From: Pd on 6 Jun 2010 17:27 Steve Firth <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote: > Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: > > > Steve Firth <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > That's untrue. His first posts to the group were met with attacks which > > > continue to the present. > > > > And that's simply untrue. > > No it's not. He was attacked for being a troll and accused of being a > sock puppet of Chris Holland. That was just Dorian, and I don't remember anyone else agreeing with that assessment. I'm pretty sure most people thought that was an entirely bizarre accusation. -- Pd
From: James Jolley on 6 Jun 2010 17:43 On 2010-06-06 22:25:04 +0100, peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid (Pd) said: > Steve Firth <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote: > >> Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote: >> >>> And I keep asking, and neither you nor James seem to have any answer at >>> all, what is your alternative? Are you simply looking for agreement that >>> Rowland is rude to people? >> >> I'm looking for people to take their own advice and to leave James >> alone. And I'm pointing out the hypocrisy of those who beat on James for >> not doing what they want. > > If you think he's as mad as Rowland, fair enough, I'll shut up and leave > him and Rowland to their bitchfest. I just thought he was sane enough to > hear and heed a bit of rationality. I am still reading this group folks, no need to make me out to be insane you know.
From: Steve Firth on 6 Jun 2010 18:35
Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote: > Steve Firth <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote: > > > Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote: > > > > > And I keep asking, and neither you nor James seem to have any answer at > > > all, what is your alternative? Are you simply looking for agreement that > > > Rowland is rude to people? > > > > I'm looking for people to take their own advice and to leave James > > alone. And I'm pointing out the hypocrisy of those who beat on James for > > not doing what they want. > > If you think he's as mad as Rowland, fair enough, I said no such thing. It's fairly disgusting of you to make that slur. > I'll shut up and leave That would be best. |