[TML] Traveller Hero

[David Schneider]

(delurk)

Welcome back Martin.

(relurk)

David Schneider

"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy defines the marketing division of the 
Sirius Cybernetics Corporation as 'A bunch of mindless jerks who'll be first 
against the wall when the Revolution comes.'"
Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "MJ Dougherty" <martin-j.dougherty at virgin.net>
To: "The Traveller Mailing List" <tml at travellercentral.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 8:32 AM
Subject: Re: [TML] Traveller Hero


>
> Yes, you did.
> I was unhappy but not really with you, Rob, so much as what I was 
> expecting
> to happen.
> And maybe a bit at being resubbed when I'd gone to the trouble of asking 
> not
> to be.
> You did fix that pretty quick though.
>
> Anyhow. I've left TML twice now. Once due to the utterly disgusting
> attitudes of certain posters who turned on me when I pointed out why their
> posts were in extremely bad taste, and once because it became apparent 
> that
> I couldn't raise my head without being attacked over something I wrote a
> decade ago... and in fact not all of the things I was being attacked for
> were actually my 'fault'. On both occasions I might have done differently
> had TML actually been much use to me, but as a rule traveller content 
> tends
> to be either low or of the negative your-book-sucks sort.
>
> So here I am again, giving it yet another try. Thus far nobody has felt 
> the
> need to attack me, so that's okay.
>
> I'm not claiming to be some kind of Traveller god but I *am* likely to be
> involved in MongTrav, which means that TML has a chance of both 
> influencing
> my work and maybe getting information on the inside track - if I stay. 
> That
> might or might not be of value to the list denizens.
>
> But I have to say my experience of TML has been very negative and I'm not
> inclined to be tolerant of any more crap.
> I don't need to read more diatribes on why I suck (I know why, the point 
> has
> been made and beaten to death, go to hell already) and neither am I 
> inclined
> to stay around to be abused.
>
> The bottom line is that I've returned with extremely negative 
> expectations,
> and as soon as the usual suspects start grinding their axes I'll be gone
> again. But you know what? They might have learned some manners in the
> interim, or at least be willing to leave me alone.
>
> (Sigh). I know better than to do this but okay. Let's give it a try.
>
>
>
>> I'm sorry if I've pissed you off, Martin.
>> Yes, you reminded me you didn't want on the list, but I did warn
>> everyone I was using the old list to get the list back up as soon as
>> possible due to time constraints on my end and that I would resolve
>> problems as soon as I could. And I did get around to removing your
>> subscription as soon as I could.  Annoying you was not my intent.
>>
>
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