Original Message Date: 09 Apr 92 07:51:00
From: Jack Decker on 1:154/8
To: Tom Jennings on 1:125/111
Subj: Re: personal attacks
 TJ> I have to say, I did not read all of your message. The problem is چ
this. 
 TJ>  
 TJ> Jack -- the problem is not religion, per se, but the PROCESS by which 
 TJ> it is plugging things up. Your message was 230 lines long! 

So what?  Was that too much for you to cope with?  I often read several چ
hundred K of messages a day. 

 TJ> The point of the "problem" regarding you and Steve has NOTHING do do 
 TJ> with religion -- it has to do with what has become simply a personal 
 TJ> argument. 

Had you READ my message, you'd know that's not the real problem.  Compare چ
the number of lines Steve has had in Fidonews _on the subject of religion_ چ
against the number I've *submitted* on that subject (or Steve Winter) and چ
you'll see the count is rather lopsided. 

I guess I'll just come out and say it... you are being arbitrary and چ
discriminatory. I guess I'm just going to have to lower my expectations چ
and not expect you to be fair.  I guess I never should have expected that, چ
given your outlook on life, but I had hopes that you would try to be more چ
evenhanded as editor. 

Not that it probably matters to you, but I think you should resign as چ
editor.  You have seen fit to use Fidonews to promote your own personal چ
biases, yet you refuse others that same option (not that that's what I'm چ
doing, but that's what YOU think I'm doing, so I guess it's all the same چ
if "perception is everything"). 

Just remember that the next time you're tempted to complain about چ
discrimination of some form or another, you're just as guilty of it as چ
anyone else. 

Is this message short enough for you to handle? 

Jack

Original Message Date: 12 Apr 92  19:45:14
From: Tom Jennings on 1:125/111
To: Jack Decker on 1:154/8
Subj: Re: personal attacks
^AINTL 1:154/8 1:125/111

>  TJ> Your message was 230 lines long! 
> 
> Was that too much for you to cope with?  I often read  
> several hundred K of messages a day. 

But you cant expect everyone to match your abilities. It is just too 
much for me to read.

>  TJ> The point of the "problem" regarding you and Steve has
> NOTHING do do 
>  TJ> with religion -- it has to do with what has become simply a
>  TJ> personal argument. 
> 
> Compare  the number of lines Steve has had in Fidonews _on the
> subject of religion_  against the number I've *submitted* on that
> subject (or Steve Winter) and  you'll see the count is rather
> lopsided. 

Maybe so, but line count is not a measure of anything useful. 

> I guess I'll just come out and say it... you are being arbitrary
> and  discriminatory. 

I received a series of files from you and from Steve, in more or less 
random (ie. not preordained) order. I dealt with the stream as I 
could. "Discriminatory" implies a methodical handling of subjects or 
people. Not the case here -- both or you got in stuff, you are both 
welcome to submit stuff, but simply not this particular thread. ANd 
yes, any particular thing that seems to me to be closely related. This 
last may seem arbitrary, but it *is* an editors job. 

> Is this message short enough for you to handle? 

Yes, thank you it is!
 
I am sorry you are mad at me personally, but apparently it can't be 
helped. I will continue to look at everything I receive, from you 
especially, with an open mind.