Xref: utzoo news.groups:20776 comp.sys.atari.st:28355 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ncar!tank!msuinfo!frith!schultzd From: schultzd@frith.uucp (David Schultz) Newsgroups: news.groups,comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: The comp.sys.atari.st.tech vote -- clarifications Summary: Defense of Mr. Baggett Keywords: NOT GUILTY >> = from Mr. Baggett Message-ID: <1990May18.214123.14992@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> Date: 18 May 90 21:41:23 GMT Expires: 10 days References: <1990May15.131803.17231@wam.umd.edu> <18313@rpp386.cactus.org> Sender: schultzd@cpsin.cps.msu.edu Organization: Michigan State University, College of Engineering Lines: 66 In article <18313@rpp386.cactus.org> jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F. Haugh II) writes: >In article <1990May15.131803.17231@wam.umd.edu> dmb@wam.umd.edu (David M. Baggett) writes: >>Here's a comment I want to address publicly: >> >>John F. Haugh II writes (to me): > >I did not give you permission to post private mail, and in fact I would >like to catagorically deny having written any of what you posted. > ****FLAME ON**** If someone sends me U.S. mail, I can do whatever the He** I want with it, including xerox it and mail it to everyone in the World! THe same holds for e-mail! >>My strict tone of voice in the call for votes was: >> >> 1) to prevent people from entering votes via news >> 2) to prevent people from entering ambiguous votes >> like "yeah" or "uh-huh" > >Why can't I vote from news? I personally prefer to hit the old "r" >key and rip off a quick "NO" vote. I mean, why shouldn't I? > "r" SENDS e-mail!!!!!!!! What he said is don't vote by posting a net message. PAY ATTENTION!!! > >>(But it sure is nice to know he's not voting "NO[space][space]" just because >>I'm a total twit!) :-) > >Gee, nice to know you don't know how to reply to private mail by mail. > Since we are talking about a PUBLIC vote, this should be addressed PUBLICLY! (You know, so that EVERYONE knows what is going on!) >I would like to go on public record as protesting the entire nature of >this vote. Mr. Baggett is not qualified ethically to conduct this vote, >and the current scandal should more than disqualify this as being a >valid vote. I strongly encourage =everyone= who reads this note to >send in a "NO" vote immediately, or to send Eliot Lear a letter requesting >this vote be dishonored until a more honest vote taker can be found. >-- >John F. Haugh II UUCP: ...!cs.utexas.edu!rpp386!jfh >Ma Bell: (512) 832-8832 Domain: jfh@rpp386.cactus.or A have a novel idea... How about voting YES if you want a split and NO iff you don't! (Voting NO because you want to make a statement only hurts the users of this net. If you don't like Mr. Baggett, don't read his messages, but for God's Sake DON'T go messing with voting just to make a point! ****FLAME OFF**** Vote for what you believe in, NOT what someone tells you to vote for. #define DISCLAIMER "It is NOT my fault...!" _____________________________________________________________________________ David W. Schultz | | |\_ _/| 312 N. Case Hall | schultzd@cpsin.cps.msu.edu | | \/ | Michigan State Univ. | schultzd@frith.egr.msu.edu | -|- -|- E. Lansing, MI 48825 | Last Chance: 517 355-7033 | |___ | __ --------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | _________________________ # # # | -|- -|- -- #define DISCLAIMER "It is NOT my fault...!" _____________________________________________________________________________ David W. Schultz | | |\_ _/|