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Skriven 2006-01-08 22:41:00 av FRANK SCHEIDT (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av FRANK VEST
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-=> Quoting Frank Vest to Frank Scheidt <=-

 FV> I hope I don't upset you with my long reply. I don't think I have told
 FV> any lies about you in it. :)

 FS> If you have, I'm too thick-headed to have spotted any.  But,

 FV> I shall increase my efforts. Can't take the chance of ruining my
 FV> (bad?) reputation, now can I? :)

You seem to have a good reputation with the participants here.
 
 FV> Also, "yanking chains" is a good method to gain information from
 FV> someone. That happens in here and other echos. A person that is pissed
 FV> will sometimes tell you things that s/he would not normally tell.
 FV> Unfortunately, this can also escalate rather quickly into something
 FV> that is beyond control... especially in a message forum where control
 FV> is delicate to begin with.
 
 FS> The current situation with my use of the word "there" WRT my
 FS> service in WWII is a good example of that.  People are using that
 FS> trivial incident as a basis of argument.  They think I'll quit
 FS> responding.  They apparently don't know my history ... heh heh

 FV> Actually, I think some know, expect and want you to keep responding.
 FV> Else, they would not yank your chain in the first place. You, of
 FV> course, can not bring yourself to fail their expectation and therefore
 FV> prevent the future chain yanking. It's ok and understandable.
 
Actually the question is who is the chain-yanker and who is the 
chain-yankee?  ... heh heh heh ...

 FS> I was a moderator in the "Politics" conference on RIME
 FS> many years ago.  Prior to being appointed moderator I was a
 FS> participant.  The moderator at the time once gave me hell saying
 FS> something like, "Frank, it's OK to read all of the messages but
 FS> do you have to *comment* on each and every one of them?  You're
 FS> destroying this conference."  I pointed out to him that since I
 FS> had arrived, the number of participants had actually *increased*.

 FV> There is an echo named FN_SYSOP that is much like that. The traffic is
 FV> tremendous, but the few times I have visited there (for an admittedly
 FV> shot time. Read: one day) I saw little, if any, real content. There
 FV> are those that will insist that there is content and that one simply
 FV> has to look for it. There are others that will insult me and call me
 FV> names because I dare to make such a statement, but that's life. I
 FV> still don't see the content and have no use for such a place. It was
 FV> for similar reasons that I left the Fidonews echo and resigned as
 FV> Editor.
 
I've been on echoes in which real discussions were being held 
about various subjects.  They were always quite interesting.  The 
participants in this echo apparently have no idea as to how to do 
that.  They are like some awkward young boys, who like to shove 
others but who don't really know *why*.  Occasionally I'll catch a 
glimmer of intelligence in some of them but it doesn't last.  Most 
of them seem to think it's an accomplishment to try to insult me.  
What a wasted effort!

Carol, of course, is an exception, since she seems authentic.

 FV> JMHO. YMMV and all that.
 
 FS> ???????

 FV> "Just my humble opinion"  "Your mileage may vary"

OK ...

... Confucius say, "He who chases car will get exhausted."

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