CORRECTION: Over on FFL2, Barry swears hysterically that he didn't say he would never read FFL posts. I thought he had; if not, my apologies. If he did say it and is lying now, I'll allow him to get away with it, because I sure ain't gonna go trawling through his FFL2 posts looking for the one in which he said it.
Needless to say, he didn't acknowledge or retract any of the false accusations I noted below... ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <authfriend@...> wrote : UPDATE: Although Barry has insisted he will never read FFL posts, in fact he is doing exactly that. This morning he quoted my post to JR in which I noted that Doug had kicked out Barry, Xeno, and MJ not because they were critical of the TMO, but because of their defiant incivility. Barry insists I was "mind-reading" because, according to him, Doug never said why they were bounced; Barry claims even Rick and Alex don't know. Au contraire, Pierre. Doug was explicit as to why he threw out Xeno and MJ: https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/FairfieldLife/conversations/messages/418457 https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/FairfieldLife/conversations/messages/418457 https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/FairfieldLife/conversations/messages/418463 https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/FairfieldLife/conversations/messages/418463 And according to Alex, "...I think full disclosure is in order. In Turq's case, the reason is apparent, but it has not been disclosed if this is just a temporary time-out or permanent...." (Italics added.) https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/FairfieldLife/conversations/messages/417160 https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/FairfieldLife/conversations/messages/417160 I agree, the reason Barry was expelled is not just apparent but obvious. It wasn't his post about David Lynch, because Doug never deleted it, apparently having rethought that issue. (Curtis characterized Doug's initial objection to the Lynch post as just "a typical rookie mistake.") I've said a couple of times now that it was Barry's open defiance of Doug--his declaration that he was going to ignore anything Doug said--that got him bounced, along with many instances of incivility (calling Doug "insane," among other insults). Even if Doug wasn't counting transgressions that took place before he was appointed moderator, Barry committed more than enough of them after Doug's appointment to warrant his being thrown off the forum. There really is no mystery at all as to why Barry was kicked out, IMHO. No "mind-reading" necessary, only Barry's posts and a little common sense. Whether one approves in principle or not, Doug has just been doing his job as designated by Rick. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <authfriend@...> wrote : FYI, this morning and afternoon Barry, Sal2, salyavin, Michael, and Xeno have been busy cobbling together an alternate version of reality that will presumably enable them to feel better about themselves. The different, er, perspective is quite remarkable.