On Tue, 10 Sep 2002 01:18:59 GMT, benny@rbnwcz.net (Benny) wrote: >On Mon, 09 Sep 2002 16:56:06 -0700, Ted <badaboom@sysmatrix.net> >wrote: >>Hi Ruth, >>This newsgroup has been decimated by phonies and frauds for years. >>One individual in particular comes to mind. He has so many aliases >>that I am unable to keep up with all of them. He even goes so far as >>to post questions under an assumed name and then answers himself using >>one of his more popular assumed names. Take a lesson or two in >>reading message headers and you will soon learn his devious ways. And >>don't be fooled by messages that have their roots in foreign >>countries. He knows how to work that scam to death. I have posted >>this information in this newsgroup many times in the past. I don't >>really like to converse with someone who hides behind a cloak of >>deception. And I am sure others feel the same way. He's chased a lot >>of valuable posters away from this newsgroup, including some very >>knowledgeable posters from the "old country". >>Regards, > >Let's see. I openly oppose advertising on this news group (a subject I >feel very strongly about); I attempt to explain the very real and >important differences between a mailing list and a newsgroup, a >concept which few of you seem interested in eventhough your all >involved with those differences; I explain why it's not only dumb but >why nobody is obliged to use a real address in their posts. > >Evidently I am the only participant here who is not allowed to speak >what's on his mind. Several others, evidently, are well within the >bounds of propriety when they call me all sorts of names, accuse me of >decimating this newsgroup and of having all sorts of aliases among >other things. > >To date I have accused no one of anything nor called nobody names. I >simply disagreed with a woman who uses this forum to sell CDs. > >I read another newsgroup that has to do with a hobby. Because there >are no other gateways to that group, there are no lost souls who've >stumbled in having no idea where they are or what they are involved >in. There are hundreds of participants there all using "nick names" >and doctored email addresses. We all get along fine because there are >no lost souls who think they've subscribed to a mailing list. > >Teddy, you don't know me from Adam. If you think you do, throw out a >name. Lets see how far down your throat you can stick your own foot;-) > >Benny > >> Benny, or whomever you are, Please reread my post. You will not find any reference whatsoever to you. But if the shoe fits....... Many years ago in the fledgling years of newsgroups such as this one, mailing lists such as Comunes of Italy and PIE, there was a gentleman poster by the name of John Castagna. John would absolutely come unglued if you even attempted to post under a phony name or address. And if you did, he would tear you apart with posts that would make Larry Flynt blush. Too bad he doesn't lurk in these areas today. Ted Saselli/

Maybe you missed the subject line. The entire thread is about Benny. If you didn't mean to refer to him, couldn't you change the subject line? Good newsreaders (even mediocre ones) allow you to do that. On Tue, 10 Sep 2002 09:56:13 -0700, Ted <badaboom@sysmatrix.net> wrote: >Benny, or whomever you are, >Please reread my post. You will not find any reference whatsoever to >you.

On Tue, 10 Sep 2002 09:56:13 -0700, Ted <badaboom@sysmatrix.net> wrote: >Benny, or whomever you are, >Please reread my post. You will not find any reference whatsoever to >you. But if the shoe fits....... >Many years ago in the fledgling years of newsgroups such as this one, >mailing lists such as Comunes of Italy and PIE, there was a gentleman >poster by the name of John Castagna. John would absolutely come >unglued if you even attempted to post under a phony name or address. >And if you did, he would tear you apart with posts that would make >Larry Flynt blush. Too bad he doesn't lurk in these areas today. >Ted Saselli/ Baloney!!! John was big on signatures, period. He did not care if you signed your dogs name just as long as you signed your posts. Plenty of people spit on poor old John, too and openly refused to be told what to do, just the way you and your cronies spit on me by totally ignoring the fact that I was correct when saying that sales pitches are not to be tolerated on this newsgroup. That's the real issue here, but nobody wants to discuss it. Benny happens to be my nickname, what people have called me all of my life, nearly 75 years now. It is just as much my "name" as anything else, if that's really any of your business. If I had 250 or so Sasellis to give you would you care what my mother used to call me or could I only be known by what's on my birth certificate? Fool. Talk amongst your selves and decide if your going to let that person continue hawking her CDs here which are little more than transcribed information off of public records. 38 bucks a pop. That's the same kind of thing we all scream foul about when RootsWeb and the other big boys do it. I'm out of here unless somebody says something really stupid. Benny