Maybe I mistook this thread from the start. I ass-umed Tore was speaking with Jim/Janis's blessing or at his/her request. (This stilted language is already making me tired. I am just going to go with her, even if mentally I'm not there yet). If that is not the case, more in the nature of a scoop to announce, not cool at all.

>Tore,
>
>for me this thread felt a bit out-of-place from the start: re-reading the OP I think it comes from:
>"I take the liberty to copy his official message from his/her facebook account:"
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>Jim did visit the UT very few times himself and even if he is/was known here,
>why jump the gun instead of letting her pick the time and message ?
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>I think my quesy feeling does not stem from the change itself or personal opinions on the matter,
>even if I am personally more disposed to see it as a dose of "strange" mixed into the "interesting",
>with a bit of wondering how she would have presented some of the "Booth" sessions I enjoyed,
>as the well very done presentation was part of it if you remember.
>
>If you contacted Booth before the post and asked for permission -
>all clear but that should be clearer in the post as well.
>If you did not - even if you knew Jim very well, not ok in my book,
>with the advice to tell her ASAP.
>Strange way to argue, but is on top of the copy of a private mail -
>as females reserve more of the right tp change their minds...
>
>I know that I have not accommodated to Facebook and Twitter in my caveman attitudes ;-)
>Offended - personally no.
>
>regards
>
>thomas
>
>>First of all, Janis is a person known to most people here, so I thought that this was the right forum to post the message . Secondly, Janis clearly indicated in her email to me that she wanted "to connect up with old friends again", the last is a direct quote from the email I received from her this morning. And last, who brought in the word "moral" here? It never crossed my mind that anyone could think about moral when we really talk about a person's happiness.
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>>If you or anyone else feel offended by my message, please accept my apology.
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