Jed: This post prompted a reply from Maryugo. Since MY is banned here and at the Defkalion site and since I converse with MY (by email) occasionally, she sent me her reply to Bill Beaty which I presume he received and did not elect to post. She has requested that I post her reply and I hesitate principally because this site has a right in my opinion to censor and a right to ban and if Bill has decided to both ban and censor MY, I conclude that I too would be in violation of his censor and ban on this occasion if I without authority posted her response.
However, I am sympathetic with the rights of someone to defend themselves (being a lawyer) and it seems to me that if members of this site continue to post about MY, maybe she should be given a limited right to respond. Further, while I deem MY to be annoyingly repetitive, had she only occasionally pointed out the problem with the current state of Mr. Rossi's affairs, I for one would not have been troubled. MY does make valid points, it is just after reading the same point about 1,000 times, one has to say ENOUGH. I hesitated to join the Vortex because I see it as a what if site dedicated to discussing the possible science behind "Cold Fusion" (I like that Moniker better then LENR) and I am not really qualified (as a lawyer) to add much. However, even before joining I reviewed to posts almost daily and really enjoy the dialogue which has improved since the banning. I think site works best assuming Cold Fusion is real and dialoguing about why it works. Anyway, I leave it to Bill and the other members of Vortex as to whether I post MY's reply. If the answer is NO, I have it available for anyone interested. Ransom ----- Original Message ----- From: Jed Rothwell To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 2:20 PM Subject: [Vo]:What Bill B. said, to the second power At the denouement of the recent kerfuffle here, Bill Beaty wrote a message to Mary Yugo that described the situation perfectly. It is a sort of pocket history of the cold fusion dispute. A haiku history, if you will. It was quoted in the Defkalion forum. It is here: http://www.mail-archive.com/vortex-l%40eskimo.com/msg62237.html He nailed it. I could not agree more. - Jed
