From: "Ernest Lilley" <elilley at mindspring.com>
To: "'WSFA members'" <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Under Attack?
Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 10:43:34 -0400
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

Hi Ted,

Just got around to reading the list...so I haven't been avoiding this,
honest.

If you'd been there, you'd have also caught my comments that I don't engage
in online personal criticism if at all possible. It happens out of context
and lives long past its utility. If you'd like to come to a meeting, I'd be
happy to discuss what I remember having said. Though I'm sure it was all
reported accurately. I mean, except for my name.

I don't' think I said anything scandalous though, just pointed out that you
had an assertive streak and could often be found at WSFA meetings.

Ernest Lilley

-----Original Message-----
From: Ted White [mailto:twhite8 at cox.net]
Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 12:51 PM
To: WSFA members
Subject: [WSFA] Under Attack?

Steve Stiles passed along this snippit from his Balticon experiences:

"The two panels I was on were remarkably similar --both more
or less on the transition from paper fanzines to internet
variations. Among the fanzines I displayed were BLAT! and
ZIP. Nobody monopolized the panels and dialogue was lively.
On the second panel, however, there was someone named Ernest
Tilley who --in the course of me talking about
e-groups--twice felt impelled to say something to the affect
that 'your pal, Ted White' had a tendency to be a flamer, or
unduly acerbic, in these discussion groups.

"I assured Tilley that, yes indeed, Ted was my pal and had,
in fact, lifted me out of the gutter and made me the man I
was today. Then I laughed maniacally: 'Bwa-ha-ha-ha!'

"The second time Tilley came out with that bit, I opined that
the pathetic wretches who felt 'flamed' by Ted were no doubt
fools and scoundrels who deserved everything they got, and
that Ted White in person was *really* like a sweet little
bunny rabbit. But Tilley was unconvinced, I'm sorry to say."

What have you to say for yourself, Ernest?

--Ted White