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Re: Finder f*ck-ups
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Re: Finder f*ck-ups


  • Subject: Re: Finder f*ck-ups
  • From: Malcolm Fitzgerald <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 19:09:15 +1000

I got this lovely badinage from Michelle:

Well, he could have spelled out "fuck".

Very droll. Michelle keeps her eye on the ball!

and later I got this from Todd:

On Aug 19, 2005, at 11:12 AM, Michelle Steiner wrote:

Well, he could have spelled out "f*ck".

-- Michelle

This is not funny. It smacks of prurience and it is not Michelle's work.

It is a nasty piece of editing. There is a substantial alteration, Michelle wrote "Well, he could have spelled out fuck." It is extremely misleading to edit the text of Michelle's message in such a serious manner and to attribute the altered version to her.

furthermore Todd said:

If you wish to continue flaming, do so off the list or you will be banned. This is the only warning.

This sort of heavy handedness is bound to annoy other people. It riles me.


I've enjoyed this stoush. It lets me appreciate the personality of the participants more fully than their usual, to-the-point and on-topic responses do. Some things that have been written may seem intemperate but these are e-mail communications, boyo, we're not writing for Disney™. Sure, it's a bit windy at times and it's very easy to get the tone wrong. I do it myself (and just quietly, I'm a little bit keen on my writing skills).

So, with that said, I'd like to ask who you are to come charging in with your sleeves rolled up? Where's your playground badge? Did god die and leave you in charge?

This is an international forum. The list's peers are by parts, intelligent, talented, humourous, entertaining, shrill, sour, testy, hot-headed and opinionated. Some of us are plain and dull. We don't always play well together and there are a few nasty words. That doesn't seem sufficient to warrant a display of peremptory power. Your over-reaction, coupled with your misquotation and wrongful attribution leaves a bad taste in my mouth! I think you've displayed very poor judgement.

yours in disappointment,

Malcolm Fitzgerald email@hidden
Database Manager http://www.asauthors.org
The Australian Society of Authors ph: 02 93180877 fax: 02 93180530


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