On Mar 24, 9:52 pm, "Keith F. Lynch" <k...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Douglas Berry <penguin_...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > "Keith F. Lynch" <k...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >> (Evelyn, Douglas, this is your cue to start flaming Alan for daring
> >> to ask a question rather than doing his own research.)
> > Nah, I'd rather flame you. See, if you had asked the question it
> > would have come out like this:
> > "That's not possible, and I suspect that you are lying for your own
> > purposes! I demand that you back up these claims!"
>
> Please show me where I called anyone a liar, or demanded anything
> of anyone.
The latter has already been shown to you.
You started your side of the Philcon Moves thread fairly reasonably:
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From: "Keith F. Lynch" <k...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Date: 23 Feb 2008 15:16:13 -0500
Local: Sat, Feb 23 2008 4:16 pm
Subject: Philcon is in New Jersey (!) this year
Philcon will be in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, November 21-23, the
weekend before Thanksgiving.
I'm not sure if I can get there. I have updated
http://KeithLynch.net/cons.html
to reflect my possible absence.
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Your last two sentences suggest that, whether or not you had explored
any alternative ( to you ) means of trans****t to the con, that you
had
arrived at a decision, and that is completely your right to do for
yourself.
But, you then outliered your way into a hissy fit aimed at people who
dare to live differently from you:
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From: "Keith F. Lynch" <k...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Date: 10 Mar 2008 21:24:02 -0400
Local: Mon, Mar 10 2008 9:24 pm
Subject: Re: Philcon is in New Jersey (!) this year
Evelyn C. Leeper <elee...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> In other words, walking to meals is a definite problem.
What about walking to the *hotel*? I go to Philcon on the Chinatown
bus from DC. How far is this year's hotel from Philadelphia's
Chinatown? Is there a city bus that goes that way? Philcon's
website doesn't say.
> In a suburban hotel, you can easily drive to a variety of
> restaurants.
Is Philcon intended for all fans, or only for motorists?
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Now, while its true that your last line right above is neither a lie
not an *overt* demand, it does show that in your view, catering
in any way to fans who dare drive to cons is, in your view, a Bad
Idea.
It further suggests that, if a concom dares to use a facility that
is neither on an urban rapid transit line or a Chinatown bus stop,
that that is some form of " discrimination " against the difference
between the set of " all fans " and the set of " only ( for )
motorists. "
In *your* words. Which set up an untrue claim.
In that stated view of yours, you are spectacularly wrong and
narcissistic, in your position, for it is 1) Not the concom's job
to arrange the con just to suit your demands, and 2) It IS your
responsibility to arrange your travel needs to any con, or to any
destination that you want/need to get to.
Many people showed that you *have* alternatives in getting to
Philcon, should you choose to, but you swept that all aside due to
your annoyance at feeling picked on ( Which really was discussion
where your view is NOT taken as The One True Way ).
And, its perfectly fine to " ask questions ", where such questions
are really actual questions, and not statements in fig leaf disguise,
which your " only for motorists " whine was. You earned the
criticism that came your way for 1) being dishonest in that way,
and for 2) inventing a false antagonism between " all fans " and
" only for motorists ".
You earned it, so accept the consequences of your chosen words.
Andre
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