Guest Editorial

If you cant take the heat,
stay out of the kitchen

In a recent issue of Fidonews, our esteemed editor allowed a non-Fidonet person to submit an article to air a greviance regarding his treatment in a Fidonet Message Echo. This persons name is Charles Hunter, any Fidonet sysop whom has lurked around the ABORTION, HOLYSMOKE or ASAKACOP echoes knows all to well what Charles temprament is like.

While the situation has grown deeper since its inception, most of this started over Charles Hunter objecting to an email address another user posted within the signature line of this users messages. Charles being to whatever degree, 'religious', literally was having a fit in the ABORTION echo over Steve Kemps Email address which was or is: jesusonacid@yahoo.com. As I said, it was giving Charles fits, eventually the echo moderator clamped down, but not before enough anomosity between them two existed for it to spill over into other echoes and then compound itself from that point onwards.

User or Sysop, Charles simply could have used his next key or a twit filter if he felt that strong that an email addy such as it was was going to destroy the existence of his LORD and SAVIOR if it fell upon his eyes.

Charles earned himself a lifetime ban from the ABORTION echo for various comments made to the then moderator, which included lawsuit threats, of course since the ban, the former moderator, current moderator and Steve Kemp have been threatened with a lawsuit.

Now he is whining about how he was or is being treated in the HOLYSMOKE echo.. Anyone being in FIDONET for any length of time knows this echo is a free for all like say FLAME or similiar type echoes. Charles Hunter willingly followed Steve Kemp into this echo and now is crying foul.

Charles should have removed himself from those areas that are now distressing him. He is his own best worst enemy.

Throughout this entire scene, this sysop admits ganging up on him in this echo, to show how stupid he is behaving. Charles has been threatening everyone with lawsuits, he has even been threatening the very sysops that give him access to Fidonet with lawsuits. When I told him that I was going to suggest to these sysops that they consider banning him to protect their interests, he sent me a email threatening me with a lawsuit.

We wont talk about how he doesnt have a solitary case for one and we certainly wont talk about his incompetence in operating his mail reader. Like we really need to see the same message from him 4 times or seeing messages he addresses to himself?

This sysop believes that Fidonews is not the proper forum for a non-Fidonet person to address a grievance even if the grievance is frivolous? Charles Hunters avenues for greviance lies with the conference moderators and the sysops of the BBS's he uses, those sysops can make a presentation to the snooze on his behalf if they so choose. Furthermore Charles doesnt own the machines that run the BBS's he uses, the sysops whom run these BBS's do so at their pleasure for sake of a hobby and not to only serve Charles interests. There is no room in this hobby for anyone whom wants to threaten legal action everytime someone says 'boo'!

To Steal a Quote from Dennis Miller:

" This is just my opinion, I could be wrong "

Ross Cassell