SB> Just because I'm new here doesn't mean I can't do my research...
My friend... when I first traded banter with Ward after getting the D'Bridge source in 2005, I was "warned" by many Sysops. Don't trust the guy, he lies, he was kicked out of the IC chair, he's an ass, etc etc.
So I did my research just as you do and you may recall that I told you that with me, everyone gets "one chance". So I'm pretty fair and openminded:
- I obtained a backlog of messages in the IC echo pertaining to Zc6 and some others that just didn't "add up" for the non-Z2 accusers.
- The Fidonews echo was a complete cesspool, worse than now... flaming is one thing but we had a certain someone "whoes name we don't speak of" constantly antagonise German Sysops and others with what could be consituted as hate-speech... whether I agree with that concept or not, it made Z1 look bad just a bit worse than the nonstop anti-American rhetoric of their side.
- The added gas on the fire from Z1 star-systems at the time reached its peak with their censorship of that echo of which, surprisingly, the one we don't speak of obtained a feed with another Z2 system of total shock & surprise to circumvent this and thus the FidoWeb was born. This was completely frowned upon in Z1 and dismissed as a joke but myself, Ward and some others saw merit in the idea.
- Ward and I have a gentlemen's agreement. You don't fuck me and I won't fuck you... we have exchanged system configs... think of that for a moment.
- We have met in person in Quebec City and had numerous international phone calls to shoot the shit or troubleshoot stuff that Netmail exchanges would have been inefficient.
I could rant longer but you get the idea.
You will find sometimes that people you think are bad, are often the opposite in Netmail or phone-calls.
Nick
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