Subj : New node
To   : Michael Grant
From : Stewart Honsberger
Date : Thu Oct 25 2001 03:31 pm

Hello Michael!

Oct 25 2001 12:18, Michael Grant wrote to Darrell Salter:

 MG> He /only/ mentioned 229 because he thought that was the net in his 
 MG> area; re-read his message, you'll see that's so.

He told you as much?

 MG> He subsequently was told he was not in that net,

He's not in any net. Y'all are fighting over him like chattle.

If this keeps up, he'll remain unlisted.

 MG> then Stewart has to pipe up,

"pipe up"? I offered him a feed. I'm sorry that you're so biased against me and 
my net that you can't see a genuine offer when it's presented.

 MG> hopping up and down and screaming "THIS ONE'S MINE!!"

You've got some funny ways of revising history.

 MG> Because /he/ made it a political thing. Instead of saying, yeah, that 
 MG> other net is in your area, but if you want, we can list you too;

Did it ever occur to you that I don't believe in geographical listings?

 MG> he goes out of his way to start slamming the others who simply were 
 MG> pointing out to him where his area lies in the nodelist.

Whom did I "slam"?

 MG> Why does one net in this zone feel that they're so much better than 
 MG> everyone else,

Clearly, because we are. We're signifigantly better than your net. God, we're 
good.

 MG> that every new node that comes along /MUST/ be listed in /THEIR/ net? 
 MG> Politics, and power; no other reason!

Damn skippy! First, a fledgling hobbyist network. Next - the WORLD!

[Stewart Honsberger] [blackdeath@softhome.net] [http://blackdeath.2y.net/]

   "In /1984/, Huxley added, people are controlled by inflicting pain.
    In /Brave New World/, they are controlled by inflicting pleasure.
    In short, Orwell feared that what we hate will ruin us. Huxley
    feared that what we love will ruin us." -- Neil Postman

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 * Origin: Stewart's Echomail Node-Holder (1:229/604)

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