Subj : This echo
To : Alan Ianson
From : Michiel van der Vlist
Date : Fri Jan 14 2022 02:04 pm
Hello Alan,
On Thursday January 13 2022 18:03, you wrote to me:
>> DS' claim that Janis appointed him as successor.
AI> Janis made no publicly appointed successor that I saw.
And neither did anyone else.
>>> Why should this echo and the Gazette be left to rest in peace when
>>> Janis left?
>> Because it is a product of the zone wars. For all intents and
>> purposes the Gazette was just a relic of this unfortuntate period.
>> No one (exept maybe a few) want the zone wars to return.
AI> I have never thought of the gazette being anything more than an
AI> alternative fidonet newsletter.
So you did not see it? That reminds me of the late 70ties when I lived and worked in Cape Town, South Africa. If you did not want to see apartheid, you did not have to see it, These townships located in the Cape Flats, they were not on the map. No road signs pointing to them. To see them you'd have to go explore. He, let's see where this unmarked, not on the map dirt road goes...
Of course that (not having to see it) only works if you were on the side of the oppressor. For the other side it is different. It was also different for me. I worked in a hospital...
AI> If you don't want zone wars then don't participate in them.
Ignoring a war is difficult for those on the receiving end of the hostilities...
It is also difficult for those whose job it is to serve both sides. Like it was when I worked in that hospital in Cape Town. And when I was the FTSC Chairman...
>> I hate saying this because I do not like to speak ill of those no
>> longer in a postion to defend themselves, but Janis played a
>> significant role in the zone wars. Letting this echo and the Gazette
>> rest in peace after she left should have been a step in coming to
>> closure.
AI> Janis was always very nice to me. We didn't speak often but when we
AI> did we always had easy conversations and she was always willing to
AI> help when she could.
AI> That may be different to your experience but that is what I know of
AI> her.
As Janis is not here to defend herself let me just say that my experience is different. Very different. And leave it at that.
AI> Let it rest if that is what you want to do.
I will try, but it may be difficult if the flack starts coming my way again...
AI> Personally, I have no problem if Sean continues the gazette if that is
AI> what he wants to do.
He took the position before and went AWOL after a short time. Janis took over. He had his chance.
Cheers, Michiel
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