On 20 Sep 2002 at 22:05, David McFadzean wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <joedees@bellsouth.net>
> Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 2:04 PM
>
> > If you are the God of the Virus list, it seems that you have
> > appointed Hermit to be its Pope. He has been a majority of one,
>
> I take it this is directed at me?
>
I am describing Hermit.
>
> > bullying and riding roughshod over others, and you appear to back
> > him even when he is wrong, as in my case (restoring Jonathan Davis
> > to IRC was a rare exception). Perhaps this is because you share his
> > politics,
>
> Yes, Hermit can be a bully and ride roughshod over others. He is not
> the only one and I dislike it when anyone does it.
>
I am not the kind of person to sweetly and passively allow him to
attempt to do so over me. I defeated him roundly in the our exchanges,
on credible sources, pointing out errors and convenient omissions, and
even in snide bon mots; at the end the crepuscular bastard has been
reduced to posting rude cartoons and insulting my mother. I o not insult
his mother, and now you allow him to move my cartoons while allowing
his to remain where they were posted. any *objective* observer would
be forced to conclude that this constitutes preferential treatment.
>
> And, as a matter of record, I do not share his politics. I am more
> moderate than you and Hermit, but I refrain from saying much because I
> don't have much interest and even less knowledge in this area.
>
> > but that is not a good reason to shirk the obligations of fair and
> > equitable treatment which any good list administrator self-imposes.
>
> I may be incompetent but I am not malicious.
>
I see it as an error of omission rather than commission; by your
inactions when he abuses the authority which you yourself have
granted him, you are, by default, allowing Hermit to dominate and
poison this list, and to turn it into his personal propaganda machine for
rabid antiamerican Saddamites.
>
> > I do not recall you censuring him for his cruel and libelous
> > comments concerning my mother (for which he refuses to apologize),
>
> I think someone discovered that you can really push someone's buttons
> by insulting his mother at least 80,000 years ago. Why do you allow
> yourself to be so programmable? I see no need to censure Hermit. It
> was such an obvious cheapshot that he did more damage to himself than
> I could ever do.
>
Really? He seems rather proud, and positively full of himself over it.
Enough so to have done so twice - once with the maternal nutcase
remark, and again when he described her as 'drooling' - and even
enough to have posted on the list specifically defending his usage of
the terms concerning someone who has never had the misfortune to
meet him.
>
> > but when I post a cartoon more relevant to him than his was to me,
> > he moves one and allows the other to remain with impunity, and
> > supported by you. I hope that the scales soon fall from your eyes,
> > for many FH's
>
> Remember when we discussed this in private conversation? Remember when
> I asked both sides to present their respective cases? Remember when I
> let you have the last word when I forwarded Hermit's reply to you for
> a rebuttal? This may come as a surprise but people that disagree with
> you are not necesarily evil or stupid.
>
And what about the people who agree with me (including several FH's)?
Are they then stupid or evil?
>
> > have noticed and commented to me concerning your progressively pro-
> > Hermit slant, and I do not believe that all of them are, or can be,
> > mistaken on this issue.
>
> Can you think of any other explanations for Hermit's apparent power on
> the list?
>
Yes: he panders to the anti-american sentiments of several people on
this list, and he has been ceded BBS control by you.
>
> David
>
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