Re: [Leica] Re: M7 .72 - aftermath

["Bryan Caldwell" <bcaldwell@softcom.net>]

Don't we realize that a person does this sort of thing because they enjoy
sitting back and watching all of the reaction it provokes?

The best thing to do is to totally ignore such a post. I even debated
writing this, but it is my last comment on the subject.

Bryan

- ----- Original Message -----
From: D Khong <dkhong@pacific.net.sg>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Thursday, September 02, 1999 11:44 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: M7 .72 - aftermath


> Friends
>
> Here's how I view the whole hoax:
>
> 1. Toshihito Ozaki is not likely to be a real name.  This person just
likes
> to use any other names - real or fictitious.
>
> 2. This person gets a kick out of stirring people up and loves to watch
the
> emotions, reactions and fights that result from his actions.  The more
> reaction, the more satisfied he feels about himself.  Pranksters are like
> that.
> You might like to call them "e-arsonists" - creators of e-flames.
>
> 3. If the LUG fixes him up, it will merely give him the satisfaction of
> gaining a lot of attention for very little expense to himself.  He will
> merely disappear for a while and then resurfaces again under another email
> name.  I am not surprised if I am told that he has been doing the same
with
> other user groups as well.
>
> 4. The best thing to do is to ignore such posts.  There was adequate
> attempts to check out the validity of such statements which was ultimately
> found to be untrue.
>
> 5. As I see it, only Tom A. appeared to have been (ab)used but not
> maligned.  But Tom A.'s email address is well known to all of us and this
> hoax should have been immediately obvious at the outstart. Let this be a
> lesson to us fine folks at the LUG to check through every shred of new
> information and immediately alert the rest to the possibility of a hoax.
> By acting collectively and in cooperation, we are in a position to prevent
> further pranks like this.
>
> Leically
>
> Dan K.
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>       'Promises are not meant to be broken....some people just fail to see
the
>                     importance of keeping them'
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