Subj : I think things have gone overboard.
To   : All
From : Michael Gothreau
Date : Sat Oct 05 2002 10:38 am

Hello All,

Wayne Chirnside is a user of Fidonet.

Recently, Wayne got drunk and invited his neighbour and antogonist, Ed Koon, to 
visit Wayne's home so he could kill him.  Posts to that effect were made in 
HOLYSMOKE and in MATZDOBRE.

Ed Koon refused to call the police.  Chirnside removed himself from HOLYSMOKE.

Chirnside enterred the POLITICS echo and attempted to have normal discussions 
there.

Stan Hardegree, a point off of Dale Ross announced that Dale Ross had removed 
POL_INC from his system because POL_INC did not ban Wayne Chirnside.  Wayne 
Chirnside made no threats in POL_INC.  Stan posted his fear that Dale Ross 
would remove POLITICS if that echo harboured him.

Now, Gary Braswell has banned Wayne Chirnside from POLITICS, giving NO reason.

The reason is Stan Hardegree, and more to the point, Dale Ross.  Who died and 
made this guy King?

Anyone else feel that this is not good or fair?

IMHO, we should all post our displeasure at this action.

If the victim of the crime, Ed Koon, did not feel the threat was serious enough 
to cut Wayne out and have him charged, then not one of us has a right to judge 
him further, until he breaks the rules in one of our echoes.  Am I right?





Goodbye!
  Michael

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