[Vision2020] No Weatherman

keely emerinemix kjajmix1 at msn.com
Wed Oct 15 08:38:23 PDT 2008


I mean, really, why would anyone need to go anonymous -- unless that person was well-known enough to not be able to get away with some of the nastiness of No Weatherman under his real name?

Is it any wonder why people speculate who it is?  

Keely
http://keely-prevailingwinds.blogspot.com/


> Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:27:06 -0700
> From: godshatter at yahoo.com
> To: no.weatherman at gmail.com
> CC: vision2020 at moscow.com
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] No Weatherman
> 
> The two (three?) posts a day rule is a "gentleman's agreement".  It's 
> meant to help keep this list free from becoming complete anarchy.  There 
> is no punishment for going over the limit, it's not a law, and you have 
> every "right" to break it on a whim.  However, you need to realize that 
> you are posting in a community, not on a public message board on a 
> random internet site.  There are real people behind these screen names, 
> and they have been here a lot longer than you have been, or at least 
> longer than your alias has been here.  It's like wandering into 
> Friendship Square and trying to engage everyone in a conversation at the 
> same time, causing enough of a furor that people start picking up and 
> walking away to get away from the ruckus.  Sure, it's not against the 
> law, but it's definitely rude.   That is, in fact, one of the objections 
> to anonymity on this list.  Using your real name forces you to think 
> about your reputation in the local community.
> 
> We want you to have every chance to get your viewpoint across, but we 
> also want to encourage everyone else to do the same.  That's hard to do 
> when there are fifty threads all going on, and more coming every hour.
> 
> You seem like a decent enough person under that troll costume, why not 
> calm down and work within the community's "rules"?
> 
> Paul
> 
> No Weatherman wrote:
> > Mr. Hillebran,
> >
> > Respectfully, you've apparently missed quite a few posts.
> >
> > First, well over half of the posters on this forum feel like you feel.
> >
> > Second, I never agreed to any agreement, contra Sunil and Ms. Mix.
> >
> > Third, I promised to post as I see fit through election eve. If you
> > don't like it, then you, Ms. Lund, Ms. Mix, Sunil, and whoever else
> > should make your own forum, or else petition the US government to
> > repeal the first amendment.
> >
> > Fourth, you might want to familiarize yourself with the delete button.
> > You are a computer geek, aren't you?
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 7:00 PM, Tim Hillebrand <chief at synergetics.org> wrote:
> >   
> >> Whatever happened to the two posts a day rule? This anonymous No Weatherman
> >> character needs to get a life. He posts every two minutes, and I for one am
> >> growing weary of my mailbox being clogged with his posts. Does anyone else
> >> feel the same?
> >>
> >> Tim
> >>
> >>
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