RE: Tim Atherton and his on-list insults - was RE: [Leica] M3 and airport security

["Austin Franklin" <darkroom@ix.netcom.com>]

I really don't want to belabor this on list, but even if my comment WAS
silly, what right does that give YOU or anyone, to publicly belittle me?
The answer is, it does NOT.

There is NO excuse for your bad behavior.  You certainly can disagree with
me, and that isn't ever a problem, but belittling me for asking something
that I believed was important to ME is out of line.  You claim you gave a
"silly answer" to what you called my "silly question".  That's BS.  Your
comment was NOT an answer but deliberately belittling.

Anyway, just because YOU believe my question was "silly" does not mean it
was silly.  Commenting it was silly is one thing, as that is merely your
opinion, but again, belittling me for anything is entirely out of line.

I don't see where anyone mentioned anything illegal, or suggested the
security personnel should not have spoken.  That all has nothing at all to
do with my comment.

Tim, please, cut out the crap.  If you have a problem with me, don't drag it
on to the list.  It's amazingly hypocritical of you to comment that I am
somehow "the worlds watchdog", and belittle me for my interests, yet you are
now the lists "silly comment" police.

I really don't like posting this stuff to the list, but I feel that if
someone belittles me on-list, and they keep doing so, though I have asked
them to stop their behavior, that my only recourse is to respond to them
on-list.

Austin


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Tim
> Atherton
> Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 9:59 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: RE: Tim Atherton and his on-list insults - was RE: [Leica] M3
> and airport security
>
>
> As I have already said Austin, it was a silly question and I
> guess I allowed
> myself a silly answer.
>
> It's rather hard for security personal to do their job by not
> speaking about
> it... it's not illegal for security personnel to say "hey - looks
> like we've
> got part of a firearm here...". How else would you suggest they
> do the job -
> sign language...hmmmm?
>
> as the saying goes.... ask a...... get a stupid answer.
>
> guess I let myself in on that one
>
> tim
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Austin
> > Franklin
> > Sent: March 5, 2002 7:36 PM
> > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> > Subject: Tim Atherton and his on-list insults - was RE: [Leica] M3 and
> > airport security
> >
> >
> > > > Subject: RE: [Leica] M3 and airport security
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Other guy, same accent,
> > > > > replies, "It's a clip."  First guy stares at him.  Second guy
> > > says, "You
> > > > > know - for ammunition."
> > > >
> > > > Hi Craig,
> > > >
> > > > Out of curiosity, did anyone else hear their statement?
> > Statements like
> > > > that could easily cause panic in an airport these days...
> > > >
> > > > Austin
> > >
> > > Oh oh - the worlds watchdog speaks - some people (don't want
> to start a
> > > thread here though...) - think it's bad enough the US wants to be
> > > the world
> > > cop. Now Austin wants to be it's K9 unit, ever on the lookout
> > sniffing out
> > > transgressions - at the Leica warranty office, at airports.... tune in
> > > tomorrow and find out where next!
> > >
> > > tim
> >
> > Tim,
> >
> > It was a simple question of curiosity, nothing near what your insulting
> > comments warrant.
> >
> > I really don't know what your problem is, nor do I really care, but this
> > list is no place for those comments.  Please be mature enough to make
> > personally insulting statements off list, or better yet, keep
> them to your
> > self.
> >
> > Austin
> >
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