Making choices

2002-12-11 Thread Dan Knight
I'm sure you're all aware of the campaign by Rick Bauer to destroy Low End Mac by telling our advertisers what a terrible site we are for allowing our writers to share some opinions Mr. Bauer disagreed with. The fruits of his campaign: Other World

Re: Making choices

2002-12-11 Thread Bruce Guthrie
Hi Dan and others, Sorry for this guy his problem is so easy to see, he forgot to take his meds again. Don't worry Dan your fine in my book. On Wednesday, December 11, 2002, at 11:01 PM, Dan Knight wrote: I'm sure you're all aware of the campaign by Rick Bauer to destroy Low End Mac by telling

Re: Making choices

2002-12-11 Thread martin
>I recommend that if you value Low End Mac, you take your business to >dealers who support our site -- OWC, Crucial Memory, Small Dog >Electronics, PowerMax, Club Mac, and MacResQ among them -- and not >support businesses such as Mac Mall, Mac Zone, and Verizon DSL that have >pulled their support f

Re: Making choices

2002-12-12 Thread Travis Glaab
From:Dan Knight > I'm sure you're all aware of the campaign by Rick Bauer to destroy Low > End Mac by telling our advertisers what a terrible site we are for > allowing our writers to share some opinions Mr. Bauer disagreed with. and > I recommend that if you value Low End Mac, you take your bu

Re: Making choices

2002-12-12 Thread Scott Holder
At 02:47 PM 12/12/2002 -0700, you wrote: > >What is the problem with what this guy did? Ok, yeah he got real upset. I >was pretty upset when all of this began too. > >Are you angry that he took action? I would agree that he went too far. There is no problem, legally speaking, with what he did.

Re: Making choices

2002-12-12 Thread martin
What I object to, is that these companies would withdraw support without even bothering to contact Dan on the issue. I believe, however, that these lists should be confined to their respective subject matter, with a sprinkling of tolerance for the odd editorialising by listers. I don't really w

Re: Making choices

2002-12-12 Thread Scott Brown
Hi Travis: I agree with you 100%! I only stop by LEM occasionally now, because of the articles that I found offensive (especially the few published around the anniversary of 9/11). I even wrote to ask that these sort of things be reserved for another site, as I really wanted to find out about low-

Re: Making choices

2002-12-12 Thread alk
As fascinating as this discussion is, it is still OT. Dan Knight is the list mom, and who am I to say if what he posts is topical or not... Though, heh, I do remember Kyle Hansen gave him a cooling off period on PCI-PowerMacs recently (am I remembering this correctly?) - that was a hoot. But I d

Re: Making choices

2002-12-12 Thread Illovox Media
on 12/12/02 6:28 PM, Scott Brown at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > ...I only stop by LEM occasionally now, because of the > articles that I found offensive (especially the few published around the > anniversary of 9/11). I even wrote to ask that these sort of things be > reserved > for another site, a

Re: Making choices

2002-12-13 Thread Big Bird
Travis Glaab <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: < martin writes: < >hear hear. If we don't tell them, how else will they know? They < >obviously haven't the time to look into these things intelligently < >for themselves. Ain't no way to run a business. And yikes, I read the < >posted correspondence...wha

Re: Making choices

2002-12-13 Thread Dan Knight
Travis Glaab writes: >What is the problem with what this guy did? Ok, yeah he got real upset. I >was pretty upset when all of this began too. > >Are you angry that he took action? I would agree that he went too far. Yes, I am angry that someone would try to destroy my livelihood simply becaus

Re: Making choices( for Mr. Dan Knight)

2002-12-12 Thread Jkr
on 12/11/02 11:01 PM, Dan Knight at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm sure you're all aware of the campaign by Rick Bauer to destroy Low > End Mac by telling our advertisers what a terrible site we are for > allowing our writers to share some opinions Mr. Bauer disagreed with. > >

Re: Making choices( for Mr. Dan Knight)

2002-12-13 Thread Dan Knight
Jkr writes: >Hello Dan > >(I am posting this to the list so to ensure i am not sensorsed and all on >the list can see what i have to write i to do not believe in sensorship) I am disappointed that you think we would censor anything. These lists are an unmoderated forum; what appears is exactly