Re: An occasion for self-inventory

[chrisw@fciad2.bsd.uchicago.edu (chris williams)]

In article <2eo9it$c3@Mercury.mcs.com> a Jorn writes:
>
>I freely admit to using strong language in email, *always* in the
>context of requests for responsibility and courage.  I look forward
>to the time when I can apologise for these extreme cries of passion,
>uttered honorably in desperation.

   Jorn "resorts" to strong language generally in the first or second
round of an exchange with almost everyone involved.

>I can only imagine two occasions that you might call threats.  One
>was a desperate threat towards the fellow who embezzled *your* net
>account, Vickie, in order to force him to act on a violation of my
>privacy.  I freely acknowledge that *I threatened to report this 
>embezzlement*, and I will point out that I never acted on it, even to
>this day (which you must surely have a hard time fitting to your
>model of my motives).

   The "violation of privacy" in this case was as follows: Jorn and I 
had a disagreement on gaffa an in e-mail. Jorn cc'd his response to
12 (approx.) totally disinterested, non-involved people. Several of
these folks wrote to me asking what the hell he was raving about.
I had no way of knowing who all the recipients were and I really
didn't want to pile more stuff in innocent folks mailboxes so I
wrote my response and put it in my .plan file (with a "spoiler"
warning and a page full of blank lines) so those few interested
could get it and the rest wouldn't be bothered. 
   As far as his claim that he didn't act, I have a note from my
sys admin about somebody asking about the validity of my account.
(...which is perfectly valid. I consult with Claude Ortega at
the Frank Center for Image Analysis on computer graphics.)


                          Chris Williams of
                             Chris'n'Vickie of Chicago
                               chrisw@fciad2.bsd.uchicago.edu (his)
                                 vickie@njin.rutgers.edu      (hers)
                                   katefans@chinet.chinet.com (ours)