[Vision2020] The Doug Stambler Experience

[joanopyr at earthlink.net]

Ladies and Gentlemen of Vision 2020,

Those of us who have been on this list for a few years will remember poor Doug Stambler, who was once our resident schizophrenic.  Mr. Stambler posted ten, twenty, or thirty times per day -- incoherent, rambling, paranoid conspiracy theories.  He saw all; he knew all; he could predict all.  (He was also heavy with the libel and the capitalization.)  There was no reasoning with Doug Stambler, and no reasonable conversation was possible either with him or around him.  LIke a drunk on a city bus, he spent all day every day vomiting on the regular commuters.  In short, he was hopelessly disruptive.  Those of us who got the wise idea of adding him to our "block sender" lists soon found that Mr. Stambler had bypassed them by changing his email addresses rapidly and at random.  The question soon arose of what to do: should he barred from Vision 2020?  And if so, by whom?  

In the end, we decided as one (though Mr. Stambler was frankly many) to ignore him.   

It is now clear that we have not one but two new Doug Stamblers on Vision 2020.  I intend from here on out to ignore them.  When they change their email addresses, I'll simply update my block sender list.  I will not respond to their posts; I will not be provoked.  I can only recommend that my fellow Visionaries do the same.  Don't feed a stray dog if you want it to go away. 

'Ere long we will again have productive conversations on this list.  As soon as I regain my own equilibrium, I intend to be part of them.  In the meantime, I'll reminisce about the time Crazy Charlie barfed into my Aunt Colleen's pocketbook on a Capital Area Transit Bus in Raleigh, North Carolina.  Sic transit gloria.

Joan Opyr/Auntie Establishment 
www.auntie-establishment 
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