Hi John,

>Dear JVP
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>>>The comment you are referring to (which you greatly exaggerate) occured here - not on the wiki - which is the relevlant forum. In that context - and with the set of posts that were deleted - the relevant ones for purposes of this discussion -there were no personal attacks.<<
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>Exaggerate? Shall I post verbatim?
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>The point is that you can't puff out your chest and cry "censorship!" and deny that you ever did anything that might cause you to be banned. That would be like Osama Bin Laden saying tearfully that all he ever wanted to do was talk reasonably to Mr Bush, but Mr Bush is censoring him and being horrible to him.

Not a very good analogy IMHO.

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>IMHO: if you want SB to forgive and forget, challenging and accusing in this current fashion is about as stupid as you can get.
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>Did you ever apologise to him?

Maybe he doesn't what SB to forgive and forget? Perhaps that relationship has deriorated to the point of no return? It is possible that John's posting on the Wiki was an attempt to return to a professional relationship, I don't know as that would be in the realm of what he was thinking when he posted on the wiki and only he can answer that...yet his signature block (now removed) suggests otherwise. Or perhaps his signature block included those statements out of frustration after attempting a somewhat professional reconciliation? I agree that that action in itself was unprofessional (and mean-spirited IMHO), but only John can answer that. Regardless, he met his goal when it drew the attention of this community and maybe that was the entire purpose...