Author: Dan Kiski
Date: 20:15:55 12/22/98
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On December 22, 1998 at 23:11:25, Dave Gomboc wrote: >On December 22, 1998 at 20:22:05, Dave Gomboc wrote: > >>On December 22, 1998 at 09:49:33, Harald Faber wrote: >> >>>On December 22, 1998 at 09:23:15, Dave Gomboc wrote: >>> >>>>>>b) Knew of Sean's bogus accounts. >>>>> >>>>>Why should CW be responsible for SE bogus accounts??? >>> >>>>If you would prefer a less "I am my brother's keeper" approach, consider that in >>>>the jurisdictions I am aware of, it is a criminal act to have knowledge of a >>>>criminal act and not to inform the authorities. (I am not saying that Chris >>>>committed a criminal act. It's just an analogy.) >>> >>>That is a bad analogy. We are not talking of crime. >>> >>>>I do think that if Chris was genuinely concerned about the legitimacy of the >>>>upcoming CCC moderator elections, he would have notified either ICD or one of >>>>the moderators so that action could have been taken. If he took this step, and >>>>I just am not aware about it (because I am not "well-connected" or because that >>>>is supposed to be a secret or whatever :), then I would say "thanks, Chris" to >>> >>>Why should he? He was banned from CCC so you can't expect some kind of "thanks" >>>from him. >>> >> >>Well, he should, because it is the ethical thing to do. Or, maybe his ethics >>are different than mine. <shrug> >> >>>>And, for the record, it's my opinion that if (and only if) both Chris and Sean >>>>were members in good standing at the time of Sean's nomination of Chris, then >>>>the nomination should have been allowed to stand. I don't know if Chris is a >>>>member in good standing or not, that is actually a complete question mark to me. >>> >>>AFAIK Chris was and still is a banned member, as far as I understand it one >>>would say "no member" because user name exists but no entry allowed. >> >>Well, probably someone else could shed more light on this than I could. I think >>at one point he resigned from the CCC Board, then someone took that opportunity >>to change his password (at his request?), then he asked for it back but it was >>not granted, then he apparently showed up as Steve Blatchford for a while... I >>am sure there are parts to the saga that I have missed, and possibly some of >>what I've said was inaccurate as well. I mean, that's why I just said "I don't >>know if Chris is a member in good standing or not" in the first place. Maybe >>it's clear to some people, but it's about as clear as mud to me. >> >>Dave Gomboc > >Bruce Moreland has mentioned in another post that Chris is on the banned list, >and he ought to know, so that's that. > >Bruce also didn't accept the procedural argument, which is okay, but still not >my choice. In any event, if Chris is truly interested in becoming a moderator, >he can appeal to whoever the new moderators are for clemency to "unban" him. >Whether they agree or not is obviously something else. > >Bad pun for the day: Who is going to "ban" people when Amir is gone? :) > >Dave Gomboc You will....I hope !!
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