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To: im a survivor who wrote (33484)	3/14/2001 7:42:16 PM
From: Sully-	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 65232

Keith, I do not doubt that you firmly believe that you have not slighted Tom in the least. I'm sure you believe you have been completely respectful as well & never intended to harm or malign Tom in any way. Sure you asked a couple questions in that post. Unfortunately, they were lost in the ongoing stream of negativity from you. The overwhelming content of your posts to or about Tom is essentially a relentless rehashing of negatives about him & rarely any discussion of any positives....... but hey! You asked a couple of innocent questions..... that is what is important to you. IMO, it is your style of writing that gives Tom & others those perceptions that result in the replies you occasionally get from otherwise civil folks. You say you write exactly what you are thinking..... and that is exactly how you come across to us....... insensitive, rude, thoughtless, mean, etc. (not ot mention inaccurate).... you may not think you are being rude or insensitive, but that is precisely how your posts read RE: Tom. Go back & read your posts to or about Tom here & on the old porch over the last few months. You average considerably more than one post a day to Tom or about him. Most of these posts repeatedly say Tom how wrong Tom is about this..... or how consistently poor his calls have been for sooooo long..... and geezeoooooweezo, Tom should shut up because he's making things worse..... geezo weezo, he is still a bull in a bear market & that's so wrong..... and the folks hammering away at Tom on the old porch have been right about him because Tom has been soooooo wrong for sooooo long now...... and Tom should do this or that because Tom has been hammered so hard with his terrible calls..... and geeze, Tom's gonna get sued I hear..... etc., etc., etc.... but I say all this with the deepest respect for Tom. Sure you say good things here & there about Tom & you often say you respect Tom..... BTW, that is the key Keith.... you "SAY" you respect Tom.... Your words & the content of your posts are quite contrary. IMO, you believe that simply stating you mean no harm & you respect someone is sufficient to hammer away at your perceived negatives. Unfortunately, you do hammer away at negatives while rarely ever discussing any positives or actually being supportive of Tom....... except for your questions, that is..... and even they tend to have a negative tone too. IMVHO, almost anyone who regularly reads your posts comes away with the perception that you are constantly ragging on him in a demeaning manner. The reason why is listed in the previous paragraphs. Your negatives are hammered over & over & your claims of respect are lost in the overwhelmingly harsh & demeaning content. Your innocent questions tend to end up lost in the relentless drone of how bad Tom is. Look at it this way. Let's say your business was experiencing a slump. You have an established history of running your business quite successfully. I'm sure you would get the idea that I was being mean, rude, insensitive & demeaning if I talked to you 3 or 4 times a day & almost every time we talked I harped consistently about how bad your business was doing...... & how you had made sooooo many mistakes during the slump..... & you were sooooo wrong to do this & you really screwed up doing that...... yet I rarely mention anything positive nor have any words of genuine support other than a meaningless, perhaps even empty phrase..... "And I say that with the deepest respect for you." I'm sure you would get the impression I didn't like you very much..... you'd surely be wondering if I forgot about ANYTHING I had ever done right...... No doubt you would be asking what kind of friend I really was..... And I'm dang sure you would not think I was being very helpful or supportive. Think about it Keith. Perhaps I'm wrong, but that is precisely the message I see coming from the content of your posts. It's not what you meant you said, it's precisely what you did say. Ö¿Ö