> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: Jon Gabriel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Verzonden: woensdag 1 mei 2002 0:53 > Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Onderwerp: RE: And here we go again.
> I don't find being threatened comical. I am tired of watching list > members defend themselves against someone who is an authority on this > list. Actually it is the other way around: I am the one who keeps defending himself (and Europe) against the relentless attacks by other listmembers. > This is not appropriate behavior for a list owner. My being a co-listowner is irrelevant. > (What he's doing is wrong.) Why is it wrong for me to defend myself against attacks? > >Jeroen (or Julia), you have my permission to 'moderate' me off the > >if you so feel I am a disruptive member of this list. I could use a > >sip of self-rightousness about now. This list has become the 'Jeroen' > >list. In some ways, I wish I was kicked off the list, for I tire of > >Jeroen being the center of every conflict. > > <sarcastic> > Well Chad, it's easy. All you have to do to become the center of a big > conflict here is announce something along the lines of: you're tired of > hearing Americans whine about September 11th and use a few thousand > people being murdered as justification to attack the poor downtrodden > Afghanistanis. Alternatively, you could announce to the list that > blowing up five-year old girls is an appropriate war tactic when > you're fomenting a revolution against Israelis. Either worked very well > to stir up controversy. > <sarcastic> The flaw in your argument is that I never made either claim -- but I guess it was too much to ask to check that first. And really, you do not have to make such claims to become the center of a big conflict; all you need to do is start a discussion about the Middle East and then try to shoot holes in the arguments from people like JDG and Gautam... Jeroen _________________________________________________________________________ Wonderful World of Brin-L Website: http://www.Brin-L.com Tom's Photo Gallery: http://tom.vanbaardwijk.com
