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   -=> Sean Dennis wrote to Dan Clough <=-   
      
    DC> There isn't one.  The above mentioned assholes just like to cause   
    DC> problems, and are resistive to ANY change.  I think that they actually   
    DC> also believe that their "knowledge" of ancient-history FidoNet gives   
    DC> them some kind of power, or something.   
      
    SD> Just do what I do: ignore them.  I have "cheated" and fired up my   
    SD> twit filter, putting both Ward and Michiel in it along with a few   
    SD> other people, mainly from Zone 2.  I could try to moderate them   
    SD> but since Ward and his sycophants helped "decentralize" Fidonet,   
    SD> Ward would just find another feed somewhere or create a strawman,   
    SD> much like how Bjorn Felten has been participating in the POLITICS   
    SD> echo as Lee Lofaso (and other echoes) after being banned in that   
    SD> echo in the early "naughties".   
      
   Yep, I'm aware of that too.   
      
    SD> They are not worth giving attention with their long history of   
    SD> histrionics, lying, backstabbing, and [insert your favorite noun   
    SD> here].  They are part of the "old guard", a.k.a. the "Fido   
    SD> Lords", who are dying off (some cases quite literally).   
      
    SD> We have better things to do.   
      
   Yes indeed.  I've nearly bitten off most of my tongue already trying   
   not to respond to them, but I'll try harder.   
      
    SD> Instead of talking about these people, may I invite you to write   
    SD> some content for the FG and put your energy to good use?   
      
   If I can come up with a suitable topic and a little time, I certainly   
   will do that.   
      
      
   ... All hope abandon, ye who enter messages here.   
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