Everyone, We all have our views of things, and sometimes those views collide. I hope no one has burned more than a few minutes reading all this stuff.
Thierry is my friend. I've known him a long time. If someone starts in on him, I'm not going to sit back and watch. It's not my nature. I do want you to know that shortly after Andy first posted, I sent him a private email trying to engage him in some discussion to resolve this situation. I simply asked "why are you starting this fire". As of this writing, he has not responded to me, though he has posted elsewhere in the interim. I point this out for one reason and one reason only: it's easy for some folks to look at Thierry and I and calls us names for sticking up for what we believe in. But in the haste to point fingers and call who's right and who's wrong, some of you have missed that Thierry apologized no less than three times for his words that were stated in a private email that was subsequently posted publicly by a third party. That does not eliminate the sting of what was written, but at least Thierry had the good sense not to put it out there on a public board. Whether you want to believe it or not, this is the fact: one of Andy's forum members took those private words and posted them to his forum. Andy then took those words and posted them here. I think there's a lot of people who thing that Thierry posted publicly first. HE DID NOT. Andy only worsened the situation by posting on Mopo, rather than let it die a natural death as Bruce earlier suggested. With that, I'm putting this to rest, at least on my end. I don't want my collecting passion to make me have to reach for the "Hostility Hotline". I am truly hopeful that we can all just let this go. The rest is on you, now. Holiday Begin forwarded message: > From: [email protected] > Date: February 21, 2010 11:12:06 PM EST > To: [email protected] > Subject: [MOPO] Attention: Nature Boy Gets His Ass Kicked By Phoney > Collectors....Story at 10 > Reply-To: [email protected] > > > > Does anyone have the number to the Hostility Hotline? Such a far cry this > is from "Nature Boy". > Ahhhh, what a glorious Sunday this has been! > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > Send a message addressed to: [email protected] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
