| I thought we had agreed that you persisted in harassing behavior even though you knew that Poet was emotionally vulnerable, and dealing poorly with the trauma of 911, and even though she, on numerous occasions, reacted extremely badly to your needling of her, and insinuations of a relationship, and implied threats to publish secrets. The only reason I refused to ostracize you was that people were alleging things not supportable by overt posts, and which I did not trust Poet not to exaggerate, given her vulnerability. I know, for a fact, that you have run flirtatiousness on SI into the ground, and that you have made poor jokes about women's interest in you. However, absent clear proof that you had behaved as badly as alleged, I took a distinctive position on your transgressions. I also know that you merely increased suspicion against you by your obstinacy and coyness when asked about the matter in the past. I myself, on a couple of occasions, was about ready to believe the worst, based on your evasiveness, but decided, from what I knew of your stubborn refusal to admit fault that it was not probative. Finally, it is true that Laz and JLA were originally in your corner, however you choose to recall it, and were turned off by your ludicrous deviousness about the minister issue, where JLA had been defending you, and felt left hanging out to dry. The only reason I didn't take it so hard was that I figured out your little joke, which you confirmed by PM, but swore me to secrecy on........ |
