Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/02

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re:North Carolina - WAY OFF Topic
From: Bill Grimwood <bill@grimwood.net>
Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 09:03:29 -0500

At 12:00 AM 9/2/99 -0400, you wrote:
>LUGGERS of Noble Character:
>
>I was going to ignore this insulting post but I can't let it pass.   I
find it curious and
>hypocritical that Roland and Bill choose to castigate me for the
effrontery of using "
>M.D." after my name rather than address the issue to which I had posted -
i.e. that I found
>a certain reference to First in Flight as the motto of the Italian Navy
potentially
>insulting.  I have communicated with Marc on this subject and he insures
me that he meant
>it to be taken in a positive sense and for this I believe him and hold no
animus.  It is
>curious though that the mere signing of my name as I do fifty times a day
and how I am
>addressed another fifty times a day should precipitate such a rant.  YOU
don't know me and
>have NO RIGHT to assume that I am anything but humble or that I "let my
education go to my
>head".  Where do you come off suggesting such.  As a 25+ year member of
the LHSA and as a
>MALUG member people who know me can attest to my character and integrity.
You should be
>ashamed of yourselves.
>
>Paul T. Collura

Paul I meant nothing personal.  In fact I did not even see your original
post.  I have been gone about a week and a half and was scanning the LUG
posts and saw the comment about the use of titles and just added my two
cents worth.

Bill Grimwood