In keeping with the best traditions of openess and honesty, I am posting here the following emails I received late today, and my replies:
Subj: Warning
Date: Wed, Jun 11, 1997 3:03 PM EDT
From: jill@techstocks.com
X-From: jill@techstocks.com (Jill)
Reply-to: jill@techstocks.com
To: findleydg@aol.com
Please express your negative views more
effectively. Avoid personal attacks and
flame wars on our site, please.
Regards,
Jill
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This was followed by this post from Bob Jagow:
Subj: Bye
Date: Wed, Jun 11, 1997 4:48 PM EDT
From: jagowb@jps.net
X-From: jagowb@jps.net (Bob Jagow)
To: findleydg@aol.com
Hope your silver tongue can convince Jill that you're not a boil to be lanced.
See if Kee's still around.
Good Luck
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SI's Jill posted to me at 3pm, Mr. Jagow at 4:48pm. I originally responded to Jill as follows:
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Date: Wed, Jun 11, 1997 8:56 PM EDT
From: FindleyDG
Subj: Re: Warning
To: jill@techstocks.com
Jill,
I have tried to avoid flame wars, but I have defended myself when attacked, particularly by a group of individuals I believe to working in concert to scam the IPMCF board.
I will in the future quitely suffer the abusive and scatological insults hurled at me.
all the best,
David G. Findley
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Upon realizing the close temporal coupling between SI Jill's post and Mr. Jagow, I wrote to Jill again as follows:
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Date: Wed, Jun 11, 1997 9:00 PM EDT
From: FindleyDG
Subj: Explanation requested
To: jill@techstocks.com
Jill,
I received the attached message from Mr. Jagow today. Can you explain the seeming synchronization between your warning to me and his knowledge of same? Is there a conflict of interest here? Was Mr. Jagow warned for his posts as well? Do I need to refer this matter to a higher level of SI management?
thank you,
David G. Findley
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In conclusion, I feel we are all owed an explanation of the synchronization between SI's Jill and Mr. Jagow.
I had believed that SI operated a fair and open forum; I am willing to abide by their admonitions, even when I feel they are unjustified. However, in light of this coupling of messages, I now wonder just what is going on behind the scenes here.
SI may well retaliate for this post and clobberize my login - if so - I hope there are some of you out there who have taken some aid from my words.
all the best,
David G. Findley |
