On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 6:49 PM, maskedzebra <[email protected]>wrote:
> Dear Tom, > > Just to clear one thing up. I never paid any attention to post counts, > because I never knew anything about limits. I probably should have; no doubt > I was sent this information. But if ignorance is no excuse under the law, > you at least should know that I was plumb dumb about this regulation, and it > did not seem indulgent for the authorities to overlook this initial flouting > of the rules, when, as a recent arrival in this country (FFL), I had no idea > that there were any binding laws of the road. And besides, I found myself, > once I began posting, having to fend off or respond to a multitude of > voices, each one more or less making a demand upon me to clarify, to prove > myself. > > Of course had I known about the rule, you may be sure I would have > conformed. And since it is the spirit not the letter of the law that counts, > are you willing to say that, in suspending the normal punishment when it > came to me, the editors at FFL violated your sense of justice? > > Because if this is your experience, I am willing, in being sincerely > convinced of this conviction of yours, to TAKE THE NEXT WEEK OFF FROM > POSTING. > > RC, don't place limits on yourself like that. Take next week and the week after and the week after. But Nature's already taking its course. You're quickly becoming irrelevant here just as you've become irrelevant wherever you've squatted. Soon all that be left behind will be some rotting turds, a God awful stench and flies. > Would it seem a more just universe if I did this? I assure you I am willing > to bear the consequences of my actions. > > MZ > >
