---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <curtisdeltablues@...> wrote :
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <authfriend@...> wrote : Yeah, pretty hard to manufacture a convincing counterargument, ain't it? Me: Keep digging Ms Doubledown...You are extending my joy. I'll be a lot more impressed if your joy facilitates your coming up with a convincing rebuttal. The *fact* is that what Doug wrote isn't explicit either way. Me: Says the person who professionally edits. Keep going... Judy: But what I outlined is the way I read it when it was first posted, and I see no reason to change that inference just because Curtis is desperate to contrive "evidence" that Doug should be fired as moderator so Curtis can rescue his pal and cheerleader Barry from durance vile. Me: Maybe I clarified the situation with Rick. Think that might be behind my confidence in what is going on here? Are you asking me to trust your word, Curtis? Really? Judy: BTW, Curtis, looks like the story you made up about Doug twisting Rick's arm to persuade him he needed Doug to moderate FFL has been busted. I'm sure you've seen Ann's post today. Me: I am unfamiliar with her writing here, we have different interests. Oh, that's a good one. You and she have had quite a number of long discussions about matters of common interest (some very friendly, others not so). I'm sure she'll be devastated to learn she's been erased from your memory. Convenient, though, in the present situation. We all saw Buck's relentless lobbying for this to happen here. There was no "arm twisting" it was just persistence and the invocation of a bogus "problem" to be solved, the Yahoo guidelines. Maybe you should just contact Rick before you make a bigger fool of yourself Judy. You are on the wrong side of this and we both know why. Check out Ann's post, poopsie. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <curtisdeltablues@...> wrote : I can't even comment on this right away. I just want it to sink in for the readers. Take it in, let it wallow in your mind. Take a moment, perhaps with a cup of tea, open the windows, hear the birds, breath in the the fresh air of Summer and enjoy something special, nay, something beautiful. In the way an Amazon naturalist might approach a spider in a web face high. Cautiously, with equal parts revulsion and fascination... Exchange from a previous post: Buck being channeled though Doug: Yes, Turqb and Serious are gone from FFL by moderation. I am only the CEO. My master is the list owner. We had quite sufficient back and forth about this before taking our additional time to go in to pull the moderation levers in the controls Where does Doug say bouncing Barry was a joint decision by him and Rick? Isn't that what you accused him of lying about? I don't see it. "This" refers to "I am only the CEO. My master is the list owner." Entirely proper, and what Rick said as well ("If Doug abuses his authority and/or fails to moderate fairly and objectively, I will revoke his moderator status"). "Pull the moderation levers in the controls" refers to Rick changing the member settings for the group to allow Doug to moderate (delete posts, bounce people, approve posts before they go up, etc.). ???? Where's the lie, Curtis? Yer gettin' old, Curtis. Your technique is becoming calcified.