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Skriven 2016-06-30 13:59:08 av Lee Lofaso (2:203/2)
Ärende: Dishonorable Sysops
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Hello Everybody,

Sir Paul McCartney said "Let `em in" so a sysop let `em in.
Dictator Allen is none too happy about it, and neither is Dale
Shipp, the two of them conspiring to come up with a plan on
what to do about those dishonorable sysops -

                 -=begin quote=-

DS>It is true that you have not seen a post in *this* echo
DS>from a non-sysop, but you should have seen posts from this
DS>echo into FIDONEWS by a non-sysop who has obviously been
DS>given read access somewhere.

Again, the only thing that proves is that there is someone
here without honor... it's easy to point the finger on one,
but there is always that possibilitiy that there's another
who let's that one have read access to conveniently blame
it on the one that we think -is- the one.  Until we have
evidence all we can do is speculate.

I will say that the more someone protests the fact that I
call that person low and dishonerable the more circumstancial
evidence mounts up that they are the guilty party... just saying.
In this case it's best to remain silent and be thought dishonorable
than to speak up and affirm the suspicians.

Allen

                  -=end quote=-

Don't you love Paul McCartney?  He had it right then, and he
has it right today.  The world hasn't changed its ways.  Only
the colors are different.

What are you trying to hide, Dale Shipp?  Why are you so scared
of allowing non-sysops to read and write messages in a chat echo?
Do you think that Fidonet is supposed to be for sysops only?  Do
you think that is what Tom Jennings and his friends had in mind
when they set up the network?  What sysops are you accusing of
believing in freedom?  Please tell.  It would certainly bring a
smile to the faces of those sysops if you would tell.

What are you trying to hide, Dictator Allen?  Who are you
claiming has no honor?  Please tell.  Give me a name, Dictator
Allen.  Who exactly are you accusing of having no honor?

"It's easy to point the finger on one." - Dictator Allen

Tell me who, Dictator Allen.  Give me a name.

Make that dishonorable sysop go away.
You can do it, Dictator Allen.
But only in your own deluded mind.

You see, the way it works is like this.  No matter how many
dishonorable sysops you manage to name, there are so many other
dishonorable sysops that will remain.  So, even if you somehow
manage to excommunictate one dishonorable sysop, your problem
child will never go away.

And who says there is only one problem child in the Fidoverse?

Not only does the possibility exist, but it is absolute fact.
We just haven't gone about making a full demonstration.  Yet.

But you were talking about dishonorable sysops.  Who is the
one you and Dale think it is?  Are you sure you and Dale have
the right one?  Are you sure it is the only one?  Better act
quick and excommunicate that evil sysop.  Before it's too
late.  After all, freedom can be contagious.  And no dictator
worth his salt can have any of that in his little fiefdom.

So ...

Go ahead and plug the leak.  If you can find it.  Not that it
will do you any good.  Like all dictators and dictator wannabes,
a dictator only has ten fingers.  And that is not nearly enough
fingers to plug all the leaks.  So go ahead and plug the leak.
If you can.

What sysop are you calling a "low and dishonorable" person?
What evidence do you have to support or substantiate your claim?
You do tend to protest too much.  With apologies to Hamlet.

"It is better for a fool to keep his mouth quiet rather than
open it and remove all doubt." ~ Mark Twain

Let me know when you succeed in plugging the leak.

--Leaky Lee

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