My name was never hidden, Roger. You also know that if I wanted to, I could hide that domain registry behind a proxy. Mr Schordje began the attack in here, which you quickly joined, because he did indeed know who I was when he read my invitation, whereas I did not know who he was. I knew only his orchid-related activities and therefore innocently invited him to publish in my magazine.
I don't know know if you are American, Roger, but there is an important principle at work here: the owner of this list is carrying liability if he allows attacks on identifying private information that the owner has not published here. That includes one's name. A name that is in a public registry is still the private property of the person named. This is an orchid discussion list, not a "business-name vs private name vs online nic" discussion list. Roger, it makes perfect sense for you to discuss my orchid-related activities in here, but to choose to join this completely non-orchid libelous assault launched by Leo Schordje and quickly joined by Mr & Mrs Barnett is not warranted. I did say I respond to people like Mr. Schordje appropriately. The appropriate response is not to engage with his ignorant mob. Intelligent readers of this list do know exactly what you posted, Roger, and they know that I am perfectly within my rights to feel outraged at the libelous innuendoes Mr. Schordje is in the habit of posting, which I did not realize until after he attacked me. Now readers of this list should feel outraged that you all are continuing this ignorant mob behavior, manipulated by Leo Schordje. Had I done "due diligence" on Mr. Schordje, I would never have invited him to submit an article to my orchid magazine. And I am very glad I did "due diligence" on the Barnetts. What I saw in both cases has nothing to do with orchids. And Mr. Schordje can certainly be assured he is off my contact list. On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 5:00 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Send Orchids mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Orchids digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Two Taxonomists and the Orchid Grower. (Robert Riefer) > 2. Re: Two Taxonomists and the Orchid Grower. (Mario Blanco) > 3. Re: Fw: The Full Text Causing Mr Schordje's Unwarranted > Attack (Roger, in Bangkok) > 4. Phal. violacea in-situ ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > 5. keiki (Jean De Witte) > > > Message: 3 > Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2008 21:02:15 +0700 > From: "Roger, in Bangkok" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [OGD] Fw: The Full Text Causing Mr Schordje's Unwarranted > Attack > To: "the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD)" <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > It's not dificult to do a whois search on any domain name, although of > course websites can be registered by third parties or anonymously > (somewhat!) as well. And because of that it is even more puzzling why > anyone would even consider hiding their identity while trying to accomplish > anything in public: > http://who.godaddy.com/whoischeck.aspx?Domain=THEVIEWFROMMYWINDOWSILL.COM > RiB > On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 1:40 AM, Leo Schordje <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Dear "Orchid Keeper" I'm sorry, I missed it, what did you say your name > > was? > > > > I could not tell which of the articles you were author of, so like I > asked > > before either be forward enough to use a real name or leave me off your > > contact list. > > _______________________________________________ > > the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) > > [email protected] > > http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
