On Sun, Jun 15, 2003 at 10:57:52PM -0400, Gary Nunn wrote: > Erik, you also accused me of making the situation worse by encouraging > his (Jeroen's) behavior. I may not be the most intelligent person > on this list, but I fail to see how giving someone the benefit of > the doubt is encouraging bad behavior. What exactly do you want from > Jeroen? Do you want him to grovel and plead? I can almost certainly > guarantee that is not going to happen.
For the last time, I stated EXPLICITLY what I would like to see and what I would accept; a few others made similar statements. I also answered your question about how it was making it worse. > He made a peace offering. Wrong. > Regardless of how he worded it, it is a peace offering none the less. Wrong. > He specifically said that he was not making threats, Here's a hypothetical for you Gary: If you don't stop behaving like this, Gary, I am going to put a brick through your window, but that is not a threat. > Erik, to take a momentary pause, to allow Jeroen time to carry out his > end of the deal hurts no one. Wrong. > but let's not pass up this chance to minimize damage before someone > has real life consequences. This is not such a chance. > Your analogy of giving into a misbehaving child in another post could > not be more wrong. Well, it seems the general priniciple I stated agrees with Dan's assessment. > It seems that the only bad behavior that is being encouraged here is by > you. It seems you are a sucker for whining. > Do you (and others) really think that inflammatory and abrasive > remarks aimed at Jeroen are constructive in this case? I haven't seen any such. > Do you think that making counter demands and counter blackmail will > resolve this issue? No one made counter DEMANDS. Several people stated that if Jeroen wants to demonstrate his goodwill to us (since he seems to want something from us), he could start with certain things. That is not a demand. If Jeroen never emailed me again, that would also be acceptable, although maybe not to the people whose contacts he has posted to harrass them. > Let's be the mature parent here and compromise and let the child walk > away with a little dignity - but yet get what we want. It is possible. You are being naive. That's all I'm going to say to you about this. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
