[ga] Re: [ncdnhc-discuss] Board conflict of interest on .org

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Barbara and all,

  A very execellent suggestion Barbara!  I could not agree more with it!
BTW, did you know that Dave's brother Steve is working for ICANN?
We can only hope that this sort of behavior does not run in the
family...

Barbara Simons wrote:

> Dear Dave,
>
> I do not wish to clog people's inboxes with this discussion, so I shall
> refrain from making further comments about your use of the word slander.
> Suffice it to say that you have twice accused Milton of committing an
> illegal act.  I simply pointed out what you are doing and said that you are
> making a very serious accusation, one that can be countered by demonstrating
> that Milton's comments, however much you may find them disagreeable, are
> true.
>
> So, if you wish to pursue your notions of slander or libel, please use the
> court system and not this email list.
>
> Regards,
> Barbara
>
> On 5/15/02 10:42 PM, "Dave Crocker" <dhc2@dcrocker.net> wrote:
>
> > At 10:28 PM 5/15/2002 -0700, Barbara Simons wrote:
> >> be precise, I sincerely hope that from now on you will refrain from
> >> suggesting that others are engaged in slander or, to use the correct word,
> >> libel.  (According to Webster's Dictionary, slander applies to the spoken,
> >> as opposed to written, word).
> >
> > Barbara, thank you for continuing to focus on distracting issues,
> > particularly after I already responded to them pointedly and
> > thoroughly.   Was there something in that response that you did not
> > understand?  Is there some reason you are ignoring that response?
> >
> > I guess it is not surprising that you would participate in the effort to
> > avoid  substantiating the outrageous personal attack on Rob.
> >
> >
> >>   I know that you have always been interested
> >> in having a civil debate.  Surely you would agree that the use of a word
> >> like slander is counterproductive and may even be viewed as incendiary.
> >
> > Why are you more concerned about my choice of vocabulary than you are about
> > Milton's vicious, unsubstantiated personal attack on Rob, especially given
> > that Milton has established a pattern of making these sorts of vicious
> > attacks?
> >
> >
> >> I look forward to observing a polite discussion that avoids ad homonyms and
> >> instead focuses on ICANN's conflict of interest policy
> >
> > Your version of looking forward to it is quite strange, given that you have
> > spent no effort on:
> >
> >        a) taking the originator of the attack to task, or
> >
> >        b) the substance of the topic,
> >
> > preferring instead to focus on non-technical use of a particular word.
> >
> > I look forward to YOUR offering a posting of substance on this specious COI
> > issue.
> >
> > d/
> >
> > ----------
> > Dave Crocker <mailto:dave@tribalwise.com>
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>
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