From: williama@kenyon.edu (GRYMBLE GRUMBLE)
Newsgroups: rec.music.phish
Subject: HOLD UP, WAIT ONE DARN MINUTE!
Date: 27 Jan 93 05:48:36 GMT
Reply-To: williama@kenyon.edu
Organization: The Internet

John Wood,


    O.k., I can deal with personal attacks to me, that's fine. I said what
I said and if certain people misunderstood it, what could I do? However, pulling
out bits and pieces of a post to show how horrible or negative it is reminds
me too much of bad journalism. I am sorry that I am not *Sarah* and did not 
write such a graceful grovel like she did, in fact maybe there should be
an official way to post grovels from now on to prevent this type of general
abuse. What abuse is that I speak of? Well, for starters both you and Shelly
gave me my lashes and that was fine by me. I have already apologized to the
both of you AND the entire community. However, I am conitinued to be
beaten by you for some reason...fortunately my post didn't really cause that
much of ruccus because either people got the sarcasm of it all or they 
simply weren't hyper sensitive to the things I said. Maybe I should of
put those little wink faces all over my post to help get my point across
but whatever, the post is gone and I am sure no one cares about much now
anyway.

      Now, I read in my latest digest, a person who I go to school with
and HAVEN'T SEEN SINCE BREAK puts in a good word for me and he is
blasted also for saying something positive! What the hell?!? I didn't
know there were net police ready to guard every innocent computer users
eyes from the so called *SCUM* I write. I, in no way, said that the netters
were a bunch of Scumscalpers, as you love to say. I have also met many
netters since my time here on the net and for your information, at the
last show I attended in Columbus there were *netters* scalping tix outside
the door. I don't know if you want me to send their names or something
so you can kick them off the net or what! People are going to do what they 
want and you can't go around thinking that this stuff does not happen here
because we are all so virtuous and noble. I just don't understand where
you get off judging me, off AND on the net, not to mention also judging
the people who would give me a word of support in this matter. First you
bash me for what I may or may not have said and then you go about bashing
all others who mention my name? C'mon I thought this was a free country
but maybe I was wrong. 

In this country it is possible to be attacked because of what you say,
how you live, what you listen to and the color of your skin, among
many other things. I can attest to most of those attacks because I
have to face them everyday. It is very sad that the one place where I 
thought I was free from these things is the one place where they find
me all over again. A flame is a flame but there is a point where it
goes to far...while trying to embarass me you have also tried to embarass
those who would try to help make matters better. Bravo, you win, I am
the bad guy and you are the good. I apologize to everyone and let this
be the last flame. This network is about Phish, not us, and I will
remind myself of that daily. I hope I am not about to face mobs of
hate mongers awaiting me at the Roseland shows and I will see evryone there
who is lucky to have a ticket to go. 

                                     where do we go now?,
                                                         dre. :^*

taking turns at grabbing her...
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