Text 7559, 91 rader
Skriven 2005-03-21 08:26:00 av Michiel van der Vlist (2:280/5555)
   Kommentar till text 7428 av SHANNON TALLEY (1:275/311)
Ärende: Shannon Talley's copyright violations
=============================================
Hello SHANNON,

18 Mar 2005 18:06, SHANNON TALLEY wrote to MICHIEL VAN DER VLIST:

 >> Instead of whining how bad the Snooze is doing, why don't you 
 >> write an article? Not rip someone else's article from ten years
 >> ago, but an original article from yourself?

 ST> Dan (1) & Jerry (2) have written articles (recently) and they 
 ST> haven't been published.

He can't publish what he does not have. Dan is not exactly a cridible wittnes
in this issue. Firstly he has shown to not have a clue on how to send netmail
with an attachment and secondly he has shown to be willing to do *anything* to
bring Björn down. I would not put it beyond him to claim to have send an
article when he actually never did, just to vilify Björn.
  
And Jerry? who is Jerry?

 ST> It's certainly the editor's discretion what becomes published, 

If that is you POV, then what is the problem?

 ST> but when he decides not to publish anything,

What makes you say he has decided not to publish anything? Yes, there have been
some empty issues, but every editor since Donald Tees and Sylvia Maxwell had
empty issues. So far the empties are still the exception rather than the rule
despite the decline of FidoNet.
 
 ST> Since he won't pass the position

why should he? As far as I am concerned he is doing a good job considering the
circumstances.

 ST> I submitted that article, which was written by someone in Zone 3,

5. Henk (WASP) Wolsink, former ZC5 and emeritus FidoNews editor.

 ST> to prove a point to others here. It's obvious you didn't get the 
 ST> point.

And the point was?

 ST> Bjorn (as do you) demonstrate bigotry against those from the United 
 ST> States.  

Get a grip on reality Shannon. After the end of the cold war the US has shown
some of its true colours. It has flushed down the toilet much of the goodwill
it build in the decades before. Half of the world is anti-US these days. And
with this "if you are not with us you are against us doctrine", you will
/perceive/ that as if 90% is against you. Ye reap what ye sow.

You should take your ship mate Carol Shenkenberger as an example. /She/ does
not go in a flat spin every time someone vents some critsism on the USA.

 ST> If I had written it, he would have cast it aside,

You don't know that until you try.

 ST> as he has done with others.

What others? Are you now suggesting he catagorically reject articles from US
authors? I think you will have a very hard time backing up that allegation.
 
 ST> In my opinion, his bias against other races and cultures

That bias exists only in your perception.

 ST> should disqualify him from a position as the editor of Fidonews.

I didn't hear you speak up when Henk Wolsink, became FidoNews editor. On the
contrary, you have one of his articles reprinted.

If there ever was a racist editor, it was Henk Wolsink. He was a white South
African  and he was a pro apartheid. During his reign as ZC5 there was not a
single black sysop in the Z5 nodelist segment. 

 ST> Alas, he is still the editor and we find ourselves in this 
 ST> quandary with an empty publication.  I think we should either ask the 
 ST> editor to step down and seek out new blood or stop producing the 
 ST> publication itself.

I think you and your ilk should stop this crusade against Björn. He is doing a
fine job. Write articles instead of whining that there aren't any.


Cheers, Michiel

--- Msged 6.0.1
 * Origin: We love MsgEd ... (2:280/5555)