chuqui@nsc.UUCP (Zonker T. Chuqui) (11/02/84)
I've been attempting to keep up with the correspondence and the replies
I've seen on the net to the whole William's affair, and it's become quite
clear to me that I handled parts of the situation very poorly. I still feel
that bringing him to the attention of the usenet contacts at Dec was the
proper thing to do and in the same situation in the future I would to the
same thing. Unfortunately, the posting that I made discussing the situation
was very poorly thought out and made a number of things look much worse
than they were. As someone who tends to preach tolerance on the net, I'm in
the unenviable position of having to recognize that my own tolerance fell
far short of what it should have.
I feel that I've done John Williams, the net, the readers on the net, and
myself a disservice. I made John look like a much worse person than he is
and created a lot of pain and trouble for people that simply didn't deserve
it. If I'd been a little more careful in how I said what I said most of
this could have been avoided, and it should have been avoided. In
retrospect I've caused a lot more pain and problem by trying to bring the
resolution of the problem onto the net than the problem itself caused.
John needed a guidance, not a kick in the tail, and I've unfortunately
given him that because I overreacted in an inappropriate way. If I've
caused him unneccessary problems either in his work environment or on the
net because of all this discussion, I'm quite sorry for that.
My thanks to the many people out on the net who took this opportunity to
beat on my head and point out that I'd blown it. I had, and if a similar
situation occurs in the future I plan on being much more careful on how it
is dealt with.
sigh.
chuq
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