I've had the same experience of having Tony cursing at me or writing that my
posts were nonsense, bullshit or whatever because I had the nerve to state an
opinion that he didn't agree with. Ditto with the experience of him writing me
offlist to try to convince me he's right in badgering someone else.
Now I simply use the e-mail block.
Karen Allen
> Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:39:15 -0500> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re:
> [UC] SCHA Zoning meeting DVD> To: [email protected]> > Tony, you send
> me an email off-list titled "Frank's Grumbles." In the > email you referred
> to his criticisms as "grumbles" yet in public you > refer to them as
> "aggressive." I'm not going to quote your private > email to me because you
> expressly said you didn't want to send it to > the list, but it seems clear
> to me that in fact the reason you don't > want it sent to the list is that it
> makes clear that Frank's > criticisms are just that -- critical opinions,
> which anyone is surely > permitted, not "aggressive," and certainly not
> pointed at an > individual rather than an issue, as your post below is.> >
> I'm not going to continue responding to your posts, Tony. I don't > think
> you're genuinely interested in carrying on a discussion.> > Maggie> > > On
> Feb 18, 2008, at 9:42 PM, Anthony West wrote:> > > What did this remark mean,
> Frank?> >> > You complained a certain kind of internet work was very time- >
> > consuming for you. Brian responded with an explanation of how he > > did it
> without consuming much time. He sounded very helpful, to my > > untutored
> ear.> >> > So what do you mean, then, "your shift"? It sounds like a
> sarcastic > > and hostile remark ... what a person might fairly call > >
> "aggressive" ... but in all honesty, like many of your comments on > > line,
> it doesn't mean very much in the end. There's a nasty twist > > to it, that
> doesn't result in anything.> >> > Equally aggressive is your irrelevant aside
> about the SHCA Zoning > > Committee. It's well known Brian is not involved
> with this body. > > Why do you drag it into a conversation with Brian? I hope
> you are > > not trying to fake a connection between Brian and the Zoning > >
> Committee. He's just a neighbor like you and he deserves the same > > respect
> you deserve.> >> > In any event, why should this Zoning Committee seek you
> out for > > your assistance? Who are you? What courteous business gesture did
> > > you ever make to this Zoning Committee, that might inspire them to > >
> recruit your assistance? All I've seen you publish about this > > Zoning
> Committee is complaints. Yet you take it as a point of pride > > that you
> never, under any circumstances, will talk to any people > > you're
> complaining about. Why, then, should they seek your > > assistance in
> conducting their business?> >> > You're obviously a good man in many ways,
> Frank. But this sort of > > criticism is useless. It wastes the
> neighborhood's time.> >> > -- Tony West> >> > Frank wrote:> >> This must be
> your shift, Brian. Welcome! ....> >>> >> By the way, no one from the Spruce
> HIll Community Association or > >> their Zoning Committee has contacted me
> about obtaining a disc, > >> nor has a single one of them said "Thank you."
> Sadly, some of them > >> only seem interested in criticizing their neighbors'
> efforts to > >> distribute a verbatim record of a public meeting. It would be
> just > >> as easy for SCHA to tape these meetings and put them online or in >
> >> an archive themselves....> >>> >> Having owned a successful
> subscription-based video website in the > >> past, I'm pretty familiar with
> posting video footage online. > >> There's no need to school me on it.
> Nonetheless, John Ellingsworth > >> was nice enough to enquire if he could do
> that for me and I gladly > >> handed the footage over to him. I honestly
> don't have the time to > >> once again reformat the footage then upload it. I
> believe I > >> previously stated why my wake and sleep-time CPU cycles are >
> >> already in use. I believe John will be posting it on his own web > >>
> space and I'm sure he'll let us know as soon as it's available. > >> Maybe
> he'll be more receptive to your video tutorial.> >> >> > ----> > You are
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