Original Message Date: 27 Jun 92  09:48:28
From: Mike Reardon on 1:280/6
To: Tom Jennings on 1:1/1
Subj: Fidonews
^AINTL 1:1/1 1:280/6
Hello Tom!

Below please find a cut-and-paste from the current Fidonews:

My electronic world is deteriorating. I have to call in at 300 baud to
edit this rag (sic) due to problems with the phone line here at my
(new) boyfriends house here in the Pacific NorthWest.

I have to admit that I'm not doing a particularly good job this week;
I've fallen terribly in love with a wonderful punk boy, and won't be
back at the end of the month like I said. Don't worry, I wont inflict
lovey-dovey garbage on FidoNews readers. People in love are sooo
disgusting to be around (just ask his roommate).

==========================================================================

I am glad for you that you are happy with your new lover, however, I have Ť
absolutely no desire to read about your private life in Fidonews.

I have seen you mention being gay at different times in the editorial.  I Ť
don't personally care whether you are gay, straight, twisted, asexual, or Ť
whatever <grin>.  I don't, however, read Fidonews to find out about your Ť
latest sexual adventures.  I read it to find out about Fidonet, and I Ť
don't see that being gay or any or sexual preference has anything Ť
whatsoever to do with running a Fido system.

This is a personal request to leave your private life out of Fidonews.

                                  Thanks,
                                   Mike


Original Message Date: 24 Jun 92  02:21:14
From: Karen Maynor on 1:3640/5
To: Tom Jennings on 1:1/1
Subj: SDN CD
^AMSGID: 1:3640/5@FidoNet.Org 57964744
Hi Tom,

 The SDN 1 Plus CDROM is now a reality.. Yeah! I have the #0001 framed on Ť
my wall and your copy was sent Saturday.. Look for it whenever you get Ť
back from vacation... Hope you enjoy it... I read of all your troubles Ť
calling to read your mail at 300 baud (ick!), so I won't bother you with Ť
annoucement about the disc in fnews until you return home and it will be Ť
easier for ya...

Also, many congrats on your new love.. :) Hope it works out wonderfully Ť
for you.

 Karen

Original Message Date: 03 Jul 92  13:31:46
From: Al Anderson on 1:377/37
To: Tom Jennings on 1:1/1
Subj: Backbone Politics
^AMSGID: 1:377/37@fidonet.org 5c8d1825
Dear Sir;

While I have not been around FIDO all that long, I was under the mistaken Ť
belief that it was an amateur communications network of, for & by the Ť
people.

Recently the Perot echo completed all previously known requirements to be Ť
placed on the backbone.  Now, additional previously unpublished rules have Ť
been formulated which appear to be aimed specifically at delaying backbone Ť
status to this one particular echo.

I am not a political person, but I am a firm believer in freedom of speech Ť
and an informed populace.  That is the reason I carry so many echos - Ť
backbone or not, pro or con anything.  I run a free multi-line FIDO board Ť
for just that purpose and carry over 110 echos and now the FileBone.  I Ť
carry everything from AIDS/GENDER/GAY to some of the most right wing stuff Ť
ever to cross a CRT.

I find this latest twist disgusting, reprehensible and petty as just a few Ť
adjectives that cross my mind.  I wonder if the AIDS echos fought a Ť
similar battle.

Just blowing off steam.  I carry the echo as part of my LD effort and will Ť
continue to carry it regardless of what petty efforts are made by those in Ť
a position "of authority" to stifle communications.  I believe some people Ť
do not understand that they are also in a position of "responsibility" - a Ť
novel concept.

Btw...good luck with your latest love.  I just about died when I read the Ť
last two news issues.  Openness on Fido?

thank you for your time...
---

Original Message Date: 01 Jul 92 09:00:52
From: Uucp on 1:125/555
To: Tom Jennings on 1:125/111
Subj: Re: FidoNet Newsletter, Volume 9, # 25
^AINTL 1:125/111 1:125/555
From  kumr!pozar
From: pozar@kumr.lns.com (Tim Pozar)
To:   joeb@hitwr.hauppaugeny.NCR.COM
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 92 8:41:30 PDT
Cc:   Tom.Jennings@f111.n125.z1.fidonet.org

joeb@hitwr.hauppaugeny.NCR.COM wrote:
> This newsgroup will henceforth be blocked from this system due to Ť
repeated
> references to what many users have found disgusting (namly the fag and Ť
his
> boyfriend).
> 
> Sorry ladies..... You're still not accepted on this system.
 
   Nice to see homophobia is alive and well in your community...

                         Tim

-- 
Internet: pozar@kumr.lns.com               FidoNet:  Tim Pozar @ 1:125/555
UUCP:     ...!uunet!kumr.lns.com!pozar
Snail:    Tim Pozar / KKSF / 77 Maiden Lane / San Francisco CA 94108 / USA
Voice:    +1 415 788 2022


Original Message Date: 12 Jul 92 21:53:50
From: George Willard on 1:286/66
To: Tom Jennings on 1:125/111
Subj: boyfriend?
^AFLAGS PVT,CRA,XMA,DIR
 
   Just read your editorial where you mentioned the node/net/whatever that Ť
decided to quit distributing FidoNews because of "the fag and his new Ť
boyfriend."
   What a hoot!
   Jeeze, I wonder how many people will freak when/if I decide to announce Ť
the ZOOPHILE echo in FNEWS?  Maybe you should put me on the FidoNews staff Ť
so they can gripe about "the pervert and his four-legged wife," thus Ť
drawing the heat off of you?  Sorry, but I find some folks' attitudes Ť
absolutely hilarious -- when they aren't downright terrifying!
   Hey, I was glad to see that you found a nice friend and lover.  Ť
Everyone needs love; some of us seek it out or discover it in Ť
less-than-traditional manners, that's all.  (Some of us in Ť
MUCH-less-than-etc., grin.)
 
   Oh, about the proposed echo -- I'm dead serious, but am waiting to hear Ť
from Butch Walker exactly how to set it up so that it will be in Ť
compliance with backbone policy; i.e., no obscenity, no solicitation or Ť
sharing of partners, no pornography exchanges and/or sales ... topics held Ť
to support for individuals, sharing of coping strategies, discussion of Ť
issues both political and social as applied to "strangelove."  Wonder if I Ť
can pull it off?
   I haven't yet decided whether to moderate it as "Hossius Anonymous" or Ť
"Dr. Doolittle."  A local user dubbed me the latter as a flame, but I Ť
rather like it.
 
 
George Willard, 1:286/66, non-CM, LO, MO
co-moderator of WRITING echo



Original Message Date: 24 Jul 92  01:04:57
From: Josh Burke on 1:343/95
To: Tom Jennings on 1:1/1
Subj: Problems
^AFLAGS DIR
A recent article in fidonews contained the following lines:
"
Well, no scandals, flames, outings, net wars, political conspiracies
this week. Too bad. It's getting quiet around here.
 
Actually, the above reminds me of something Vince Perriello (Josh (my
boyfriend, remember him?) and I had coffee & pizza with Vince in
Seattle) brought up, and I think is so obvious (in hindsight) that I'm
completely amazed I've never heard it before --
"
 
The use of "Josh" without any other form of identification has caused me Ť
some problems within the network.  I have had a number of flaming Ť
netmails, insults, and I believe I have lost Zone Coordinator position in Ť
the network I started.  I believe that you intended no ill towards me, nor Ť
any other "Josh"'s in Seattle.  I would appreatiate some clarity of what Ť
you meant by this in a upcoming fidonews.  Please note that I have nothing Ť
aginst homosexuals...
 
I have been in Austraila for 11 days, to find my BBS crashed (Neighbor did Ť
not reset the computer, he reset the VCR!), Zone Coordinator position Ť
lost, Fido feed cut... not the kind of things you like to see after 28 Ť
hours in a airplane.
(I did warn everybody I was going to Australia)