From: "Greg Deckler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: Greg's Utterly Fascinating Views on Ethics Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 07:20:54 -0800
I can understand that you are obviously too immature to own up to the fact that you are the one that instigates these discussions and then turn around and accuse others of instigating such discussions. I can also understand that when you have nothing to say that you post what you consider to be "philosophical" or "poetic" statements when in fact you are posting meaningless dribble that makes you look like an...well, let's just stick with immature. ...makes you look immature.
> Not only can't you prove the obvious, you can't understand the obvious.
>
> Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP
> Freelance E-Mail Philosopher
> Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups!T
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Deckler
> Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 12:07 PM
> To: Exchange Discussions
> Subject: RE: Greg's Utterly Fascinating Views on Ethics
>
> Ed, this is so utterly wrong that it defies all rational thought. Yes, you
> first stated something along the lines of "Why are you asking us vendor
> wh0res". And I ignored this post and simply asked you to play nice. The
> thread continued, still largely the topic of migrating from GroupWise 6.5 to
> Exchange 2000. Then, you posted this next little gem, and I quote:
>
> "Wed, 10 Dec 2003 17:52:58 -0800
>
> For those of you who haven't been around, Mr. Greg Deckler has repeatedly
> broadcast his diatribes that those of us who are MVPs should be likened to
> employees (his word) of Microsoft and anything we tell you should be
> considered to be propaganda straight from Bill Gates. Well, my response is
> the kind of "unprofessional" response he deserves, having made his bed.
> Sorry to have troubled the rest of you.
>
> Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP
> Freelance E-Mail Philosopher
> Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups!"
>
> Now, to this I simply had to respond because this is a blatant
> mis-characterization of my position. Yes, I believe that accepting titles
> from vendors is not only wrong, but extremely damaging to the IT community
> at large in the eyes of the public that we serve. My response to you
> corrected your mis-characterization of my position and indicated that yes,
> we have different opinions on this topic, but that we should at least be
> able to be civil. From this, then, the whole topic disintegrated into
> misery.
>
> Thus, it is a proven FACT that you, not I, started this entire re-hashed
> discussion about ethics in IT. Could I have ignored your post. Perhaps, but
> I am simply not going to allow such a blatant mis-characterization of my
> beliefs to go unchallenged.
>
> Now, given these facts, I could easily make the call you a "liar". But, I am
> not going to tell you that. I am going to tell you that you are wrong,
> because you are and I can prove absolutely that you are wrong. But, I am
> going to give you the benefit of the doubt, show some civility and not claim
> that you are *purposefully* posting incorrect and wrong information.
> Instead, I prefer to believe that you simply are not recollecting things
> correctly.
>
> You brought up the this topic of ethics, you mis-characterized my position,
> you brought up a discussion now 8 years dead, you kept on hounding me until
> I was forced to respond. You, you, you and finally, you.
> It's all you man.
>
> > So why did you feel the need to change the thread to post the exact
> > same nonsense you've been spouting all along? Don't say that we keep
> > bringing this up. All I in the second post in the original thread was
> > that I'm a "vendor whore". You took over and started with your silly,
> > unjustified position.
> >
> > Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP
> > Freelance E-Mail Philosopher
> > Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups!T
> >
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