Klarinet Archive - Posting 000598.txt from 2001/01

From: Mark Charette <charette@-----.org>
Subj: RE: [kl] Lelia and the list
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 23:13:22 -0500

Let me be clear:

1) Do I apologize for deleting Lelia's comments on the BBoard?
No - Lelia was a frequent poster and knows the rules. I try to maintain some sort of balance between off-topic posts and on-topic posts.

2) Do I apologize for the email I sent Lelia which caused her to drop off both the BBoard and Klarinet?
No. The entire text of the "angrily- worded private e-mail" (Lelia's words) to Lelia was:

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Lelia,
I just read your rant - and it is. The only way to balance it would be to write what I think, which is almost wholly opposed to what you wrote.

So I'll snip it out, since politics don't really belong there.

Mark C.
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Lelia took umbrage at this email and withdrew from the BBoard and Klarinet immediately.

3) Do I apologize for saying that Lelia "implied that Bush was similar to Hitler"?
In the sense that there was no way for my intended recipients to check on the veracity of my statement other than checking with Lelia - yes. In retrospect, I should not have made that statement, not because I don't believe what I wrote, but because Lelia's post was unavailable for checking.

4) Did I delete Lelia's post because I disagreed with her?
No. There were (and are, should people want to scan through prior postings on the BBoard) political comments on both sides of the fence which I let through since they were short and in some cases quite witty. I have not consciously deleted posts on the BBoard for other than off-topic postings, commercials, or "for sale" items. But people can believe what they want.

Mark C.

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