[OPE-L] statement by Fred

[Fred Moseley <fmoseley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Comrades,

I herby resign from the OPE-L Advisory Committee, because Jerry ignores
our decisions and does what he wants to do anyway.  In this most recent
episode, and in several other episodes, both Allin and I objected to
Xxxxxx?s suspension from the list, but Jerry suspended him anyway.
Thus the ?advisory committee? is a farce, and a huge drain on my time,
with no effect.

Jerry argues that Xxxxxx ?violated the January agreement? in this
recent episode and in other episodes.  But in our Januray discussions,
I objected to the prohibition against responding to or mentioning Jerry
and Ajit, because I think such a prohibition contradicts the comradely
nature of our list.  And I especially didn?t like the extension of this
prohibition beyond explicit comments to ?innuendo?.  But I accepted
this prohibition, at Jerry?s insistence, in the spirit of compromise.

But I had no idea that Jerry would interpret ?innuendo? so broadly.  In
the recent episode, started by Ajit, ?innuendo? has been stretched to
?second order innuendo? ? Xxxxxx is not allowed to respond to Ian who
was responding to Ajit.  This is not what I had in mind in our ?January
agreement?.

Also, on several recent occasions, Xxxxxx has been suspended for trying
to respond on-list to charges made against him, including Ajit?s recent
flame.  Xxxxxx?s attempts to defend himself on-list are interpreted by
Jerry as a ?violation of the January agreement?, and he is suspended as
a result.  I think this is unfair treatment of Xxxxxx.  If charges or
flames are made against Xxxxxx on-list, then he should have the right
to defend himself on-list, at least once, and that doing so is not a
?violation of the January agreement?.

I hope this can be resolved peacefully, but I am fed up with the waste
of my time.

Comradely,
Fred




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