Text 31781, 52 rader
Skriven 2006-06-13 22:02:33 av Jeff Smith (1:282/0)
  Kommentar till text 31768 av Michiel van der Vlist (2:478/37.21)
Ärende: Smoking Gun
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Hello Michiel.


 NS> Hello Michiel!
 NS> 11.06.2006 9:36:00, Michiel van der Vlist wrote to Dan Ceppa:

 DC>>> It's been pointed out to more than once that your protestations
 DC>>> have no legal standing in here.  You gave your permission to
 DC>>> FIDO, not Bjorn,

 MvdV>>
 MvdV>> That argument wil be dismissed out of hand as Fido, Fidonet and
 MvdV>> FidoNews have no legal standing. It is not a company, a
 MvdV>> society, a foundation, an associaton or whatever. It is not a
 MvdV>> legal body, not in The Netherlands and not in Sweden. It can
 MvdV>> not hold rights. The permission I gave for publication was to
 MvdV>> Björn and to Björn only.


      Beyond the other more obvious arguments why your position is
pointless. You claim to have given permission to Björn and to Björn only.
If that is the case then why are you yelling and ranting at Shannon?
You should be yelling at Björn. He is the one that aparantly allowed
your oh so precious and valuable submission to be republished (Your term).
Shannon's deferious deed was to simply do what accepted Fidonet procedure
dictates. To distribute and otherwise make available the Fidonews. Some
thing (Unless you were hiding under a rock) that you were well aware
of before, during, and after your decision to submit your article.

That is just one of the reasons why your position is silly and pointless.
I would have hoped that your reputation and what people think of you
and your opinion would have mattered more to you. Than to waste them
on such a pointless argument.

I also know that the underlying reason is a serious point for you. The
problem is that the stand you have taken isn't viewed as serious by
IMHO most everyone else. Those few exceptions will most likely respond.

There are plenty of BETTER ways to stand by a friend than the path you
have chosen. You are the one responsible for the position you are in.
Those that are responding are simply and maybe somewhat foolishly trying
show you the futility of your stand. As you are now noticing, people are
quickly tiring of your ranting and will simply ignore you and leave you
to rant with yourself. This is't meant as an attack upon you Michiel. Just
a suggestion and maybe/hopefully something to consider.



Jeff

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