From tskirvin Tue May 13 14:53:53 1997
From: tskirvin@symcom.math.uiuc.edu (Tim Skirvin)
Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 14:53:54 -0500
In-Reply-To: Todd H[] 
       "Re: Your derogatory page" (May 13, 14:48)
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Subject: Re: Your derogatory page
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> >         Know this: I have not mentioned your name to anybody on Usenet
> > since you were plonked.  If I am sued, that will by necessity change -
> > I'll have to find backup moderators, people to post my FAQs, and so forth.
> > If this came to pass...
> 
> And you accuse me of threatening..  

	Yes, I do.  I was going through life minding my own business, my
killfile dungeon reasonably updated and happy, and you came along and
asked me to take it down.  I did my best to ignore you rather than fight
back in any way, even gave you the concession of removing your email
address from the page, but you insisted - I had to take this page down, or
you were going to do whatever was in your power to take it down for me.
	
	This is not acceptable.

	Todd, has anyone ever taught you that censorship is a bad thing?
That not only doesn't it work but that it tends to backfire?  I don't *care* 
why you're trying to censor me, sir, but I'm not planning on giving in.  I 
was content to leave you alone until you threatened me; I'm *still* content 
to leave you alone if you'll let me, but you don't seem to want to give me 
that option.  

	I'm not going to cooperate with a bully, Todd - I never have, and
I'm not planning on changing that policy in the future.  You are treating
me as badly as Grubor and Boursy, possibly worse - and it's all because I
had the audacity to say that I didn't like you.  Guy, *I have the right to
say that I don't like you*.  I can say it wherever I want, whenever I want, 
and there isn't a blessed thing you can do about it.  You also have the 
right to say the same about me, and I can't do a thing about that either -
nor would I try, because I respect your rights.
	
	You are harassing me, Todd, in every sense of the word.  

	You want a compromise?  You go away and stop mailing and threatening 
me, and I'll leave your domain name out of every page I have made or will 
make in the future relating either to your original killfilings or your 
recent threats.  I will *not* promise to remove the page in question, nor
to not write any other pages about you or your actions.  If you want
yourself any further dissociated from me, you'll have to get yourself a
legal name change.

	That's what I can give you without violating my own ethics - and
if it's not acceptable, I guess I have nothing more to discuss with you.  

				- Tim Skirvin (tskirvin@uiuc.edu)
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