Shu-Hsien,
> So, from posts up to this point, only Austin thinks all of these are > fair
I have not said a thing about fair or not, but the FACT is, Dirk said to stop the personal attacks, and Finney didn't, period. That is why Finney got the boot.
>, and starts to act as if he were the umpire.
Where did I act as if I was the umpire? Why on earth do you want to keep this going, even after I request you leave me out of this. I had nothing to do with Finney's getting expelled, period. Why you do not get that.
Is your goal to have this entire thread wiped out by Dirk, and this is why you keep going on about it?
I really think YOU should go read the posts. From what I can tell, what you BELIEVE happened is NOT what happened. To quote from my posts prior to Finney "joining":
In response to him being an "IT Professional": "I'm not sure why that caries any credence to his/her statements..." Hardly demeaning.
"Thanks for his background, but still, that, IMO, doesn't carry much weight..." "Possibly, but I think that he might be missing some understanding..." I am clearly stating MY opinion, and again, where am I being demeaning here?
It was Finney who started with the personal attacks/demeaning statements in his very first post:
"Very interesting, other than Contax Mailing list, now you are trying to grow some believers here, hum?" "You still haven't learned, have you?" "you do not have to pretend that you know a lot."
That is Finney's FIRST post. So, how am I in the "wrong" here? Even a post from Mike Nunan ADDRESSED TO Finney, after his first posts:
"Hi Finney, 1. Please avoid entering into a flame war on this board..."
And, after I respond to Finney's attacks, without ONE personal attack at all he comes back:
"I will ignore you for now."
Who is it that is being dismissive here?
I STRONGLY suggest you go read the link:
> Use this link to go directly to the discussion: >
http://www.contaxinfo.com/discus/show.cgi?14047/111652
As a note, Finney's last post that got him booted has been deleted, so you will not see that, but you can clearly see what led up to it, and who did/said what.
Austin