In defense of Tony Duell, was Re: eBay idiocy

First, Tony's record on this list speaks for itself. No defense of it is even *remotely* necessary. Second, I don't care for the idea of comparing one listmember to another, that's a slippery slope to approach. But since you brought it up... Roger wrote... I don't recall ever seeing Tony make a post to the list that caused an uproar, nor followup posts (by him or others) of extreme angst. Nor lots of public and private complaints that he be banned. Both have made HUGE positive contributions to the list. From Tony I've never seen a negative contribution. I would LOVE to see Sellam become active on the list again, but without the tone of the previous post of course. And no doubt those points (whether individuals consider them valid or not) were almost completely lost due to the baggage they carried. Too bad really. I will repeat... I have a *HUGE* amount of respect for Sellams past & current contributions to the hobby in general (and I'll be damned if I am going to have to feel like I have to state that before saying anything negative). That respect of mine for him absolutely does not gain him the ability to come here and post a tyraid like that and get away with it. No one, regardless of standing in the community or past contributions here or elsewhere, will be allowed to do that to this list. Period. And to be downright honest, I'm frankly rather angry at being put in this position. Close, but no. Sorry to disappoint you ;) Although sometimes I'd appreciate it if I could get a 2 week boot ;) It's time to kill the "in defense of Tony" thread too. Not because I don't agree with it or anything... but let's focus on classic computing before I have to create that new list (drama at classiccmp.org) and move a few users to it ;) Jay