Subj : Dog 'n' pony
To   : Dave Hamilton
From : Ross Cassell
Date : Thu May 17 2001 10:41 am

Hello Dave!

16 May 01 17:32, you wrote to me:

 RC>> It had everything to do with me as that is his style when I was
 RC>> still a part of the DaleBone.

 DH> But you're not any more, are you? What he does today or tomorrow
 DH> doesn't affect you, does it?

As long as he browbeats, its everyones business.

His style has changed drastically over the past 10 months, I am merely pointing 
it out. He now feels filtering makes him a good hub, only been filtering a few 
months, been moving mail much longer than that, what type of a hub did he 
consider himself before?

 DH>  And you're not interested in gaining any
 DH> headway for the zone, are you?

Headway is making sure no one person gains control by playing the censor.

 DH>>> Instead, you seem to invest half of every day trying to control
 DH>>> the methods by which mail is delivered to nodes that
 DH>>> specifically chose NOT to feed from you - you know, those nodes
 DH>>> who still care enough to make choices they have left.

 DH> No answer.

I used to take this same angle with John, even before we came to loggerheads, I 
used to ask him why he didnt respond to this or that point I made in a message, 
my response to you is identical to what he used to tell me..

"I only replied to the relevant portion of your message"

So David if you composed that portion above "thinking to yourself, Oh I got him 
now", think again and sorry to disappoint you.

 RC>> I havent criticised the nodes who have made their own choices,
 RC>> every node ought to have a choice on where they get their mail
 RC>> from, what software they choose to run a nd all that.

 DH> Excellent. Why don't you get on with looking after the option you
 DH> offer?

All the time.

 RC>> 0 On the other hand, these same nodes ought to have the same
 RC>> choice to filter their own mail, [...]

 DH> And back to trying to control what somebody else does. It's an
 DH> obsession, isn't it?

Empowering people to be their own censors is trying to control? please explain?

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