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Email to the Editor
By: Kent Anderson 1:382/92 kand@jump.net
Reading all the flap about Mike, aka Charles Hunter, aka Charles Hunter Matzdobre, makes me wonder. Why does anyone bother to read such controversial material?
Nearly every offline reader I know of has a twit filter of some sort. If not, every keyboard has a key that jumps to the next message. Long, long ago, this guy made my twit filter, therefore he doesn't offend me and I don't bother him. I have seen a comment from others that the lawsuits he threatens would be laughed out of court.
If you let your blood pressure be raised by a user like this, you have only yourself to blame.
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Extracted from Email from
Charles Hunter
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> Rather, it's an attempt on my part to explain to the readers here
> how I view the concept of Freedom of the Press, and why such freedom
> might be extended to the clearly unpopular views of Charles Hunter
> (apparently the real name of "Mike," who complains of persecution at
> the hands of Fidonet).
I take exception to your innuendo that my "real name" is "Mike". I
told you in an email that accompanied/followed my original email to
you (Bullies of Fidonet) that "Mike" is my nickname and is added as
the signature to all of my personal emails through my ISP. You darn
well knew that; and yet you adopt the tactic of Ross Cassell of
implying that I'm using an alias either because you have
collaborated with Ross; or to try to support your rather weak
position in your editorials. I'm beginning to think that nobody
associated with Fidonet has any concern for the rights of other
people. In regard to your complained of tactic concerning my
nickname "Mike" and real name "Charles Hunter" I demand an apology
and a retraction forthwith.
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Editor's Response: At no time prior to printing your article did I receive any email from you divulging your real name. I made no innuendo that your real name is "Mike". If you read what you quoted, I'm accepting Ross Cassell's input that your real name is Charles Hunter.
Further, the point is moot since I made no complaint of which name you chose to write your article under. You will see no apology nor retraction from me.
I'm surprised that one who threatens legal action such as you feels free to charge me with collaboration which you can't substantiate. My total corrospondance with Ross prior to printing his guest editorial was to reply to a preliminary letter he'd written objecting to your publication. I told him I wanted to publish that original letter, but wanted his permission since he hadn't given it in his letter. He responded with instructions to hold off while he wrote his guest editorial.
Ross responded to the article which YOU asked to have published here. Your charge of collaboration is reckless and unfounded.
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Netmail to the Editor
Frank Vest, Collin County Station (1:124/6308.1)
In the Fidonews, there was a person asking about a Mac BBS software page. Here's one that I know of:
There's a link on my page for BBS software and support. That address is:
http://texoma.net/~flv/support.htm [faulty URL [jb 4/25/01]]
http://home.texoma.net/~flv/
Please pass this on to the person and to Fidonews.
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