To: Poet who wrote (34991 ) 10/22/2001 9:34:02 PM From: bela_ghoulashi Respond to of 82486 Bonnuss has posted outrageous, deliberate, totally fabricated and unfounded lies about me, about my finances, about my ex-wives, about my political beliefs, about my spiritual beliefs, about my job, about my life...none of which she has the slightest clue or inkling about. She has attempted to insult and defame my relationship with my children...and I don't even have any! She repeatedly accused me of bigotry before I finally pointed out to her that I was dating a black woman. Now you have decided that it's appropriate to publicly suggest that I am a wife-beater because I believe one person on Yahoo and SI is demonstrably a loathsome bag of pus, and finally said so after a year and a half of holding my tongue. You jumped into this face first and accused me of dragging you into it. You called me, today, a raving maniac on the basis of a comment I made well over a month ago. You say you don't want to be involved in this spat but you keep jumping into it. You keep posting to me and then you say you don't want to talk to me anymore. You try to blackmail me publicly and privately into making an apology to bonnuss after you call me names. I have seen you personally criticized and abused both here and on many other SI threads. I never once participated in any of that. I have had people pm me, months ago, with stories and comments that were derogatory toward you. I never once encouraged, revealed, or participated in any of that. I have stood up for you more than once. In return, I know of at least one person on SI who refuses to respond to my posts evidently because I afterwards continued to post to you in civil manner without taking sides. Now you have repeatedly called me names and insulted me, I haven't responded in kind, and finally you want to have the last word after an absolutely craven and contemptible suggestion. How convenient for you.