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[Rick Bowers]

At Tuesday 10/14/2008 17:46, Timothy Butler wrote:

>>         But, Fred (or anyone else) feel free to talk me into switching it
>>back. Whatever makes the list healthiest, I am all for.
>
>
>         Incidentally, Chris has accused me of ties with the Klan, a totally
>baseless, extremely incendiary charge (obviously), of which there is
>no truth. The accusation came *after* I changed the list policy, just
>to be clear; my motive in changing the policy was not based on this
>vile attack[*]. Let me be clear, I have the utmost respect for Sen.
>Obama breaking through as the first African American nominee for the
>presidency, and my disagreements with him are not -- not even an iota
>-- to do with his race. I have no tolerance for hate groups and
>believe them an anathema to democracy.
>
>         Having said that, because of Chris's charge, I'm going to lean
>heavily on what list members post as to whether I should revert to the
>old policy. As such, I encourage all list members who have any
>feelings on the new list policy to require subscription for
>unmoderated posting to please have a say in this thread, so I can base
>a decision on the will of the community and not my own will.
>
>         Right now, I'm not much in the mood to hear from Chris.
>
>         -Tim

Well, as I noted before, this seems to be my fault. I CC'd the Truck 
Stop list in one of my replies, and Chris simply "Replied All". He 
probably didn't notice I'd copied from this list, so please don't 
blame Chris. I'll be more careful in the future.

~Rick

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>[*] I hope it is clear to everyone here, regardless of if you agree
>with me politically or not, that I try to take a respectful tone other
>than some light sarcasm with those I know I can do such with. My
>position on this list is that it should encourage healthy
>disagreements, but not personal attacks. Feel free to contact me if
>you have concerns about my own postings or those of the rest of the
>list. Better yet, send your comments to cafe-owner at ofb.biz, which will
>cc Steven Hatfield, my faithful co-moderator, so you can trust you
>will get a fair shake.
>
>>
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