Newsgroups: rec.music.gdead
Subject: Re: "Won't Get Fooled Again" and other assorted ramblings
From: DACK #1 <MAH76X@rohvm1.rohmhaas.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 07:10:09 EST
Distribution: world
Organization: Rohm and Haas Company



>Dateline: NETLAND
>
>Hello folks,
>
>Regarding the recent spate of references to DICKS and DACKS, here's the
>scoop:  A secret society of former well known net.heads has been formed known
>as the "Wheel".  I can't think of a better description of this than the
>one given me my a well placed, anonymous source (he may step forward and
>claim credit for it at his leisure):
>>
>> the Wheel is a special Dead-Flames type mailing list set up by the "elders"
>> of the net so that they didn't have to deal with the chaff on r.m.gd.
>> there is an initiation process by which i mean they discuss you and if
>> you are deemed worthy you are issued an invitation.  a net.friend of mine
>> was accepted and found the whole thing so distasteful that he resigned.
>> he told me and some other friends about it. subsequently he issued a
>> public resignation to the Wheel.  that resulted in MXXX (sysadm of Wheel)
>> resigning and evicting the Wheel from his machine.

Hello George, and the rest of the net :-).  I'm the friend who got invited.
I would have posted my resignation letter to the net, but I did a lot of
finger pointing in it.  I don't want to publicly point my finger so that
I am pointing at somebody and telling them that they are doing bad.  I did
do that on the wheel, and the e-mail I got, not much mind you, but that which
I did get was pretty much on the lines, of what I am doing is wrong.  Well,
I don't think what I did was wrong.  And from the way I see the net reacting
I think I did the right thing.  I think, now that we all know, there will
be no more inivities from the rec.music.gdead/Dead-flames society to become
wheelies.  That honestly, was one of the reasons I wanted the info publicly.
You George, not noing it of course, were part of the reason why I was glad I
leaked the info.  A couple months back George Lambert posted his resignation
to the net.  I was pretty bummed, I thought maybe George had gotten his invite
and has decided to leave his friends, for his 'new friends'.  What can I say
George, I'm sorry I thought you might have done that.  I wish I could extend
my hand somehow through this net, and shake your hand and tell you that I am
really sorry I thought you would have done such.

While I'm apologising, I would like to add another person to my appology
list.  Lara, you and I had a discussion not long ago, where I told you that
I didn't really post what I meant to post, because my freedom was being
restricted.  You asked what I meant, and I evaded the question.  This is
how I felt my freedom was being restricted.  I felt pretty guilty about not
giving you the whole truth.  I pray you accept my humble appologies, I meant
in no way to deceive you, but honestly I did :-(.  I'm sorry.

Today is a fresh new day.  I say we live, and learn from our mistakes.  I say
we make ourselves better from the knowledge which now exists.  I say we become
stronger :-).  I say we're probably gonna have a meta-discussion ;-) ;-) ;-).
I say also, that maybe it's time for an additional piece of information to be
added to the FAQ? :-) :-) :-)  Anybody second it? ;-)

Joe Doheny
DACK #1 (And proud of it :-)  (Even though I never went to college :-)

Ps. Mailer stilled f*&$ed :-(.  I can receive, but I cannot send, unless you
    have the old 8-character bitnet address!