Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 12:23:43 12/23/98
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On December 22, 1998 at 23:15:55, Dan Kiski wrote: >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 !! And may he be crafty in his thought processes when he does. :)
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