[ncdnhc-discuss] Board conflict of interest on .org

[Dave Crocker]

At 10:28 PM 5/15/2002 -0700, Barbara Simons wrote:
>be precise, I sincerely hope that from now on you will refrain from
>suggesting that others are engaged in slander or, to use the correct word,
>libel.  (According to Webster's Dictionary, slander applies to the spoken,
>as opposed to written, word).

Barbara, thank you for continuing to focus on distracting issues, 
particularly after I already responded to them pointedly and 
thoroughly.   Was there something in that response that you did not 
understand?  Is there some reason you are ignoring that response?

I guess it is not surprising that you would participate in the effort to 
avoid  substantiating the outrageous personal attack on Rob.


>   I know that you have always been interested
>in having a civil debate.  Surely you would agree that the use of a word
>like slander is counterproductive and may even be viewed as incendiary.

Why are you more concerned about my choice of vocabulary than you are about 
Milton's vicious, unsubstantiated personal attack on Rob, especially given 
that Milton has established a pattern of making these sorts of vicious attacks?


>I look forward to observing a polite discussion that avoids ad homonyms and
>instead focuses on ICANN's conflict of interest policy

Your version of looking forward to it is quite strange, given that you have 
spent no effort on:

         a) taking the originator of the attack to task, or

         b) the substance of the topic,

preferring instead to focus on non-technical use of a particular word.

I look forward to YOUR offering a posting of substance on this specious COI 
issue.

d/

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