A final thought on that old Washington "saw."

There ARE certain advantages to conducting BUSINESS (as opposed to government) in private. And lets stop kidding ourselves that FT or the TB is some sort of democracy. It ain't. It's Randy's business. We have no "rights" here. We play here at the pleasure and whim of the host. If he wants to set aside a group of people, suspend whatever rules may or may not apply generally, or whatever, that is his prerogative. This is NOT the US Government.

Was I upset that I was slandered behind 'closed FT doors?' Not really. I mean,
1) Consider the source, and
2) I've been called much worse.

Randy told me that he hadn't been following the discussions where I (and others) were slandered, and I believe him. I like to think if he had, he wouldn't have let it stand. And now almost all those private threads have been 'cleaned up'.

But even if Randy decided to let those threads and comments stand, heck, even if he WROTE them, the bottom line is that this is his sandlot. He makes the rules and therefore is never wrong.

If I were really offended I would realize that the 'FORMAL power structure' of this place did not respect me and I would leave. But, in the end, IJAFIBB.

So click away, clique away, whatever. Some will always take life, FT, whatever, too seriously.

IJAFIBB.

[This message has been edited by kokonutz (edited 03-19-2002).]