On 5 Nov 2002, at 17:28, Norman Dunbar wrote: > > Indeed we do, so here's my take on it.
Good! > When your initial email came through, I though 'oh bloody hell, the > shit is really going to hit the fan now !'. Why ? Because in a public > forum you made quite serious accusations against other parties. Now, > whether or not your accusations are true, a public forum is not the > place to be making them. Actually I agree. And since this seems to be such an important point for many people here, I'll break one of my rules and tell you that I had sent copy of this email to D&D .. ONE WEEK AGO already. > I believe you can be held responsible for > what you write (say) in an email. (I think Demon got shafted some time > back simply because they allowed a usenet posting to remain on their > servers after being informed that it was incorrect etc.) I'l quite willing to be held repsonsible for the question I asked. > So, have you tried to communicate with D&D to find out if what you say > is true, or whether they have some other arrangments etc ? YES! > If you have > asked and not received any replies then there may well be a problem > and if so, it should be sorted out between the 'interested' parties > and not aired in public. If there does turn out to be a good reason, > they you may well end up with egg on your face. I believe you have put > yourself is a pretty awkward situation. Again, OK. > > > >> Heck, if you think D&D are right, say so, and also if you think > >> they are wrong. > > If D&D are not paying Tony then they must have a reason for not paying > Tony. This brings questions to mind, such as > > - do they have a separate agreemaent with Tony ? No, they don't. > - have they inherited some other agreement with Tony indirectly > through any previous dealing between the Grafs and Tony ? - are they > possibly saving up a whole pile of payments to Tony and submitting > them infrequently rather than EUR10 here and there ? - etc. The fact is, that all of this could and should have been discussed between them and me (or even them and TT previously. That hasn't been the case, not because I wasn't trying. > On the other hand, until all the facts are known, it is best not to > make judgement - especially in public. You know, what I actually would like best, would be to be proven wrong. I can live with then having egg all over my face. > Personally, I think you should have found out, or tried to find out > why no payments are/were being made and dealt with the matter through > private means. In the event of no success, turned the matter over to > Tony - it is his money after all, but putting the details on a public > forum was wrong. I did and I did and I still believe it wasn't. Wolfgang
