Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 00:33:28 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl at KeithLynch.net>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Extremely offensive accusations
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

"lee gilliland" <leeandalexis at hotmail.com> wrote:

> I returned to this list in order that those people unwilling to
> join the WSFA Freebies Yahoo! group have an equal shot at the free
> preview tickets.

As I've mentioned, any WSFAn, whether subscribed to this list or not,
can post to this list.  I was under the impression that all WSFA
Freebies messages were already being CCd to this list.  And indeed
your September 18th message was.

> Further, I am being accused of fathering lies.

No, you accused *me* of lying.  Nobody here has accused *you* of lying.

> It does not matter who precisely told Mike Walsh about it, there was
> one person and one person only who made accusations and this was Keith.

I made no accusation.  I did mistakenly think all the tickets were
snapped up.  You told me I was mistaken.  I accepted that.  I did not
tell anyone that all the tickets were snapped up.  Therefore Mike did
not hear it from me, nor did he hear it from someone who heard it from
me, at any number of removes.

Why don't you ask him who he heard it from?  Then ask whoever he heard
it from where that person heard it from?

> I would really appreciate it if those others on the list would
> intervene in difficulties like this.  No one appreciates being
> attacked on line by those too intimidated to speak up in person.

The only people who have been attacked here are Ted White and I.

And this list is open to all past, as well as present, WSFAns, so
Ted White has the perfect right to be on it.

> I did not need it three years ago, and do not need it now.

Then, too, you attacked me, not vice versa, as the record attests.

> I will point out Keith warned me that if we didn't do a theater
> party to go see Serenity fifth Friday, (at the Madigan house during
> the meeting) there might be problems.

I said nothing of the sort.  I will bring my tape of that meeting to
First Friday to prove it.

I did ask if I could get the time and location of the theater party,
so as to be able to put it in the meeting minutes and on our online
calendar of upcoming events.  You said that information wouldn't be
available until later.  I accepted that.

And, just for the record, I do appreciate the effort you went to
to get those free tickets, and to announce them to this list and
elsewhere.

> I will also point out this seems to be a self-fullfilled prophecy.

If you attack people, they will defend themselves.