Editorial

Ah, don't you love the smell of burnt monitors in the morning?

The current 'scorched earth' policy that is resounding through Zone 1 echoes has been accented by the uninvited appearance of Ward Dossche, the Z2C, into a Zone 1 administrative echo, making comments on how he sees Zone 1 being operated.

Funny...he has the time to do this, but not enough time to vote in a new International Coordinator. How so very odd.

It seems a loud and vocal contingent has descended on the echoes, portraying themselves as 'saviours' or 'champions'... and really doing little more than making accusations and innuendo, based mostly on edited comments and misquotes, as well as self-regenerating myths. In general, just 'bashing' under the guise of a 'moral cause'.

To be fair, your Editor has also been accused of doing the same...but then again, he has never declared himself to be the 'saviour' or 'champion' of anything but his own beliefs.

And so, when you see the comments about how I have "biased" or "twisted" the FidoNews, consider that the only real part I have any input into is this small corner called the "editorial"...and how the rest of the text is only those submissions that members of FidoNet have presented for publication or the 'boilerplate' that is in any publication.

I guess that's their way of saying that *everyone* in Fido is "biased" and "twisted"...especially since they can't come up with any explanations on _how_ I've achieved this 'goal'.

Funny thing though...what purpose does this 'scorched earth' policy *really* serve in what is _supposed_ to be a hobby?

Hmmmmm?

In this issue, a word from Chris Baker which we might all wish to look at; another view from only one side of the story by Doc Logger; Ward Dossche's 'doomsday' countdown, and a bona fide article on a subject that it seems no one really pays attention to anymore (HINT: It's called "BBSing".)

-zf-

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