[Vision2020] Re: Apology to Kraut and Blackmail by Mr.Duffau

[pduffau at adelphia.net]

Evidence, bubba.  Where's the evidence?  In an email?  Post it and let my peers be the judge.

Paul Duffau
> 
> From: "Donovan Arnold" <donovanarnold at hotmail.com>
> Date: 2004/07/26 Mon PM 04:45:15 EDT
> To: pduffau at adelphia.net,  vision2020 at moscow.com,  pkraut at moscow.com
> Subject: Apology to Kraut and Blackmail by Mr.Duffau
> 
> Visioneers,
> 
> What I was going to do this morning was apologize to Ms. Kraut in public 
> forum. I didn't realize until someone over the weekend explained to me that 
> I breached the "confidentiality" of Ms. Kraut. I have been feeling horrible 
> ever since then.
> 
> Clearly I wasn't thinking. As many of you know, I sometimes write emails 
> when I am angry and hit send before thinking about what I wrote. I was mad 
> at her racist comments about Mexicans and I wasn't thinking about the 
> concept of "confidentiality". I was thinking about how someone could 
> possibility oppose government aid that immigrants rely upon to survive, some 
> of these people being my friends at UI, and was herself using a government 
> program.
> 
> Being angry and seeing red, I didn't see the connection of how this breached 
> her confidentiality, I was just trying to make my case of the irony and 
> hypocrisy, which was obviously missed, and should have been, considering the 
> breach.
> 
> I would like to assure other members of Vision 2020 I will be sure to double 
> check my emails in the future, regardless of how angry I am, to make sure 
> that my argument doesn't divulge any confidential information about you, or 
> anyone else.
> 
> I would also like to thank those that took the time to explain to me what I 
> did wrong, rather than just calling me names, so I could make sure not to do 
> it again. I have never done that before, and it isn't a good feeling when 
> you realize what you did.
> 
> However, while this is extremely unfair to Pat Kraut, I must put off her 
> "Public" apology for a little bit, because of a blackmail threat that I 
> received from Mr. Paul Duffau this morning.
> 
> Mr. Duffau, threatened me if I didn't apologize to Ms. Kraut. Not just a 
> quick threat made out of anger, but a complex one he though of over the 
> weekend. So I stopped shy of an actual apology.
> My apology would not be genuine if it is done under a threat and coercion. I 
> believe that Ms. Kraut is owed a real apology, not one made by coercion. I 
> also think it better that everyone on Vision2020 know this so that they are 
> aware that Mr. Duffau might attempt to coerce you to do things against your 
> will.
> 
> I am certain that Mr. Duffau will respond very negatively to me by following 
> through on his threats against me.
> 
> Being over 200 lbs, I am not worried about his physical threats against me, 
> he legal claims have no merit, he does, however, have in his possession an 
> email that I wrote to him when I was very angry, (I have to stop writing 
> when I am angry) and it was not intended for public display. While it is 
> embarrassing to me, because I wrote it when I was very mad at Ms. Kraut for 
> a post that I perceived as a threat against people I consider family, it 
> would also be embarrassing to Ms. Kraut and would breach more of her privacy 
> at home. However, I don't find the email he will post to Vision2020 as 
> embarrassing as the one I posted myself breaching Ms. Kraut's 
> confidentiality.
> 
> 
> So be prepared to watch my confidentiality to be broken, which, I probably 
> deserve anyway. But also, for your own protection, do not private email Mr. 
> Duffau, or respond to his private emails, he might use it against you in the 
> future to coerce you into doing things which you don't want to do.
> 
> I realize that what I did was wrong and that it was unfair to Ms. Kraut.  
> Some of you might think less of me because of this, if that is possible, I 
> don't know.
> 
> I feel horrible for what I did. And I realize it was very serious because I 
> told something confidential about someone online that they may not want the 
> world to know. I certainly would not want someone to do this me and it 
> places fear and distrust of me in others because they might think I could do 
> it to them. Please realize that I didn't realize this at the time that I 
> wrote it, or even until a few days ago this was confidential information 
> about someone. This was an unintentional slip in making my argument. I hope 
> at least those of you that have ever said anything they could take back 
> later can understand where I am coming from.
> 
> I also realize that Mr. Duffau is trying to do well for Mr. Kraut. But I 
> think a thought out blackmail and threats, even bringing his family into the 
> mix, is going a little to far to get an apology.
> 
> So I will wait for Paul Duffau to do whatever he is threatening to do to me, 
> and then I can apologize so it is a genuine and not a forced apology.
> 
> Thanks to those that read this.
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Donovan J Arnold
> 
> PS. Sorry for breaching the rules of Vision2020
> 
> PSS, Pat, I would like to give you a formal apology as soon as I take care 
> of this manner with Mr. Duffau, and apologize for the delay in your apology.
> .
> 
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