Phil
Since you find my actions strange and disturbing I will explain
it to you and the group.
The group has totally lost sight of what triggered this whole
thread and Jeannie would not have received the private emails had she not
insulted me publically on MoPo. I do not desire to engage in nasty
emails on MoPo and when someone insults me I prefer to reply privately.
No matter how eloquent or convincing a person sounds the bottom line is that
my response was a result of insults being fired at me on Mopo and I remained
silent publically because the rules are that there shall be no personal
attacks.
There was a discussion going on about Rixposterz listings on ebay
which deliberately omitted the fact that they were not USA posters. JR
and I had made comments about these his listings and Phil chose to
comment. However, he also chose to make a derogatory comment about
me. Phil had stated his opinion about these types of
listings and there was no need for the personal attack which belittled and
insulted me. I chose a return comment without going
overboard, since Scott Burns has a rule against personal attacks.
Jeannie then chose to send an email to the group with further
negative sarcastic comments directed at me. This is not the first time
she has tried to get me into a nasty debate. At no time in any
previous emails, later emails or that particular email did she make
a comment about the discussion concerning poster listings. All she
did was slam me.
A number of years ago there were many personal attacks on MoPo
and Scott Burns enacted strict rules concerning personal attacks. I have
been a member of MoPo for close to 10 years, and enjoy it because it
is a diversion from my business life. I am not about to engage in an
open conflict with any members in violation of MoPo rules. On the other
hand, when I am insulted and personally attacked, I see no problem in sending
a Private Email to that person, explaining my feelings in the words I choose
necessary to put my point across.
Phil made a derogatory statement about me which began this
situation. He is correct in stating I know nothing about him.
I rebutted what he said with public words of my own and considered it publicly
over. Phil did not make any further public comments which was the right
thing to do. I do not mind debates, as this is what I have been trained
to do, and enjoy them. However, personal insults do not belong there,
and I will not allow them to pass. At the same time, whether you agreed
with him or not, Phil wrote an interesting email concering the Rixposterz
situation and was taking part in the discussion.
Shortly after my rebuttal to Phil's insult, Jeannie joined in
with further insults without commenting about the discussion going on. I
chose not to have open warfare and deliberately insulted her in a private
email. There is a rule on MoPo against a personal attack.
There is no rule on the internet against a private personal attack. I
allowed her to insult me in an open forum with private retaliation
because I chose not to continue a thread which was against MoPo
rules. However, I chose to let her know how I felt about her insulting
me.
She then chose to make my email public. I again remained
silent because I was not going to let her drag me into a nasty back and forth
situation on MoPo. However, I read all the pertinent comments on MoPo
concerning movie posters and all the time that she has been a member, I do not
remember her ever making a statement about movie posters. Since she
chose to make my email public, I sent a second harsh private email. I
again did this to avoid public confrontations and abide by ebay
rules.
She obviously does not like me and has been attempting to provoke
me into a public fight which I choose not to participate in. I see
nothing wrong in emailing my displeasure to the person directly in a private
email. If the person does not like my emails they can very easily tell
me in a return email to stop sending them emails and/or block my emails.
I only sent two emails and each was a private nasty reply to a prior public
insult. There was not a series of emails and there will be no more if
she stops saying things about me. I only sent retaliatory emails and I
am not a stalker. I did not initiate the insults, nor did I return
insults in a public forum. The private emails which were in retaliation
were made public by the initial offender.
Sending an email privately in reply a public comment and never
sending more than one private comment in retaliation is not stalking. In
addition, Jeannie said she would forward any private emails to MoPo and she
said this on MoPo. At no time did she tell me not to email
her.
I received quite a number of private emails commending me on my
retaliation and there were no private emails that were
derogatory. Receiving and sending private emails has been a very common
occurrence during my MoPo years and they are used for many things such as
private poster dealings. However, they are also used to make private
comments without getting the group involved and if two people can duke it out
privately, isn't that a lot better than involving the group in a disagreement
between two people?
I express my opinion about posters and other matters of substance
involving movie posters. I have no problems with others who disagree
with me and publish their opinions. However, when someone posts a
differing opinion from mine and ends it with "Claude, grow up" then that
person deserves a reply equal to his insult. The same goes for others
doing the same thing.
At no time did I write anything nasty first. Every single
email I wrote was in retaliation to an attack on me. I hope this
clarifies the situation and maybe we can get some movie poster comments in
lieu of personal attacks.
CJL
