>>Tamar,
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>>>I'm only speculating here based on a single data point, but I have a reason to suspect that Kevin may have been giving JVP access to the UT. If that's the case, then I imagine that's why he would have been banned.
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>>I think Walter had it right when he decided not to speculate. I'd be happier if Michel spelled out the reason for the ban and/or somebody posted from a communication from Kevin clearly allowed to be made public - just to get both sides.
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>>"Reason to believe" I interpret either
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>>as you having received info from Michel about such an incidence, but in a personal communication only. IF such occurred it furthers the "old boy's <bg>" talk while not really clearing things up. IF this is the case Michel should state it himself and not rely on others not able to write "in the clear".
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>>or you interpreting some choice of words/speed of specific answer/knowlegde of certain events in some posts to give this a certain probability. But this is still speculation and IMHO worsens the scene.
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>>or (coming from PA) you saw both huddling in front of a keyboard with flags on screen. Then you should just state what you witnessed/believed to be seeing.
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>>But secondguessing "possible" reasons is the wrong way to go IMHO (even if they sound more true than my musings).
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>None of the above. I received an email several weeks ago from JVP with a direct quote from a message I posted here. Though my message wasn't from that thread, it was during Kevin's campaign to reinstate JVP.
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Even if Kevin did show messages to John (which I have no reason to believe he did), so what? This is a public forum, after all.