To: Dusty who wrote (1739 ) 6/29/1998 12:31:00 PM From: Oscar Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 7039
<<To all who are trying to put words in my mouth I ask ... WHY?>> You may not be aware of it, Dusty, but your post concerning your telephone conversation with Fisher accomplished two things. First, you allied yourself with James Bender, who has carried on like a total idiot the past few days on this thread -- his posts are as adolescent as his web page, and do not demonstrate much rigor in the search for truth. (If you don't think that you were allying yourself with Bender, I suggest you read your post again). Second, you appeared to defend Fisher, by suggesting that there was some basis for believing him, after all he has done, or tried to do. If you take a step back and consider Fisher's actions, I think you'd have to acknowledge that he has ruined his own credibility by his own actions. In accomplishing these things, you set yourself up for a great deal of animosity, flaming, lost credibility, and (I would think) embarrassment. If you had wanted to raise questions in a search for truth, or to make the reasonable point that Gary and many of us might have been too slow to see Fisher for who he really is, you would have served your position better had you not linked yourself, by your own words, to Fisher and Bender. There are lots of people who read this thread but don't post every 20 minutes. To us, you stepped into this minefield saying you "agree with Bender" and wondering why people don't believe Fisher, and all of your posts of the last couple days are linked to those strange utterances. Also, to us, each time we pull up another adolescent post from James Bender, we recall his recent promises that he would not post here any longer, and wonder how long we have to wait for him to keep his word. My own view is that you have made a mistake, which you are only compounding by yammering on. Give it up. Life is long, and we'll all, or most of us, forget about this in time. Please don't feel compelled to respond to me. Oscar