Subj : Re: Something that needs to be said
To   : BOBBY QUEEN
From : Scott Adams
Date : Sun Sep 30 2001 05:31 am

 -=> Quoting BOBBY QUEEN to SCOTT ADAMS <=-

 BQ> @MSGID: 1:379/5.0 b72efe03
 BQ> Yo Scott!

 BQ> In a note to Torbjorn Mohn on <09/27/2001> Scott Adams wrote:
 
 -=>> Quoting Torbjorn Mohn to Scott Adams <=-
 
 >>> I agree with you! My first action is to remove this echo completely
 >>> from my region. It has been done as of this very date.
 >>> My deepest sympathy with the American people are herewith expressed.
 
 >> That is sad.  To remove a echo just cause of a couple
 >> posts out of thousands?  That's like saying all
 >> islams are evil cause of the attacks.  Its
 >> just not so.  This echo didn't hae thos eposts till
 >> he posted them here.
 
 
 TM>> I Wouldn't do it to any echo.... I've got other reasons for removing
 TM>> this echo anyway... None of the other systems in my region were
 TM>> connected to it anyway. If they want it back for some reason, I'll
 TM>> considder taking it back. My region does not take ALL availlable
 TM>> echoes anyway, I connect the ones I want, AND echoes there are demands
 TM>> for from other systems.
 
 SA> Gotcha.  Just if I had to remove echos due to bad folks
 SA> and bad posts I'd have to remove fn_sysop 10 years ago :)
 
 TM>> As for this perticular echo, there were so many messages that were
 TM>> just waste of bandwith anyway; cyrillic, used by most russians there
 TM>> cannot be read and understod here.. and to be honest; the childish
 TM>> behaviour of both Russians and Americans there, made me sick anyway.
 TM>> Have a nice day...
 
 SA> In this echo?  Its actually been tame up to that post he
 SA> did with the slurs.  Up to that point its been friendly
 SA> chat for years.  Sure your not talking about fn_sysop? :)

 BQ> Scott he was talking about FLAME if I'm not mistaken.  What happened
 BQ> was a few posts from folks in other countries who actually were making
 BQ> fun of the terrorists attacks on New York, Washington and Pennsylvania.
 BQ> But the moderator of FLAME stopped that by cutting access to anyone in
 BQ> zone 2. 

        Yes I know that's where the posts came from.  But then
        posting them here did not help at all.


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