🚀 go-pugleaf

I will add to this a formal apology to Ned and the group.  I didn't
mean to offend anybody and I can see how people could misconstrue my
warped sense of humor as immature in this case.

I once burst into laughter when I heard that a gentleman in Rockford
Illinois who had spent his life as a crossing guard (until age 65 or
so) was hit by a bus and killed while eating a Reuben sandwich in a
delly.  The bus crashed through the building.  While this is tragic, I
also noted the incredible irony of this man having spent his whole
life standing in front of traffic and then he gets hit by a vehicle
while eating a sandwich in a deli?  I accept that I am not immune from
such occurances and I appreciate that my response is probably not
appropriate, but it is certainly not an attack on the man who was
killed.

Life is odd and suprising, and one element of appreciating it is to
have a sense of humor and not to take oneself so seriously.  I can
assure you I apply the same standards to myself, often bursting into
laughter at my own sillyness/tragedy in all matters serious and
trivial.  I am a devoutly spiritual person and I feel strongly that
life must also be respected and I am not always perfect in my
preceptions and judgement.

Again I will repeat that I have never heard of Ned Eliason(sp) before
this incident and that (as I stated in my original post) I reserve all
judgement of his business dealings.

-jim roll
jroll@umich.edu

(PS This is one of two groups I subscribe to and I have so-far
respected this group's ability to provide content rather than
personality and I will try to hold myself to those standards in the
future).


jroll@isr.umich.edu (Jim Roll) wrote:

>mseed@ix.netcom.com (NICK AMOROSO ) wrote:

>>In <DHuys1.8vF@news2.new-york.net> kota@carroll.com (Kotaro Yamaguchi)
>>writes: 
>>>
>>>On Fri, 10 Nov 1995 14:47:27 -0800, Chuck Pell <chuck@larson.com>
>>>wrote:
>>>>> Ha   ha ha ha a       ha hahahahahaha he he he hehehe
>>>>> I I'm I I I'm I'm sorry this is so hilarious.   Ho Ho ho . . .
>>>>> Sorry sorry.  My bad.  But is this a joke?  I mean (snort he he he)
>>>>> I'm sorry I can't stop laughing.  

>>>
>>>Forget about the legal stuff, this guy's just a plain jerk.  Who does
>>>he think he is, laughing at other people.  I would like to know
>>>if he acts this rude to people when he's not "getting off" on the
>>>net.
>>>
>>>Kota
>>>
>>Naah, he's just a weenie who probably can't speak to people face to
>>face, so he facelessly makes fun of someone online. Just an insecure
>>little man. No girl. No job. No dignity =|
>>NiCk
>>m u s t a r d s e e d 


>I probably shouldn't reply to these posts defaming me in the name of
>anti-defemation.  But I was laughing because I found it funny that the
>original poster said his deal didn't go through because of someone
>cancelling a major transaction with Ned for some bizarre reason and
>then someone comes to Ned's defense by saying that his deal didn't go
>through because of Hurricane Angela?

>It just sounded like a joke to me.  I was not judging Ned nor the
>poster, just simply noting the incredible irony.

>I am sorry you feel compelled to slander me NiCk.  My post may have
>been a little incomprehensible, but I can assure you that I meant it
>in jest and that should be evident upon careful reading of my post
>when I said that "I reserve judgement of the individual (Ned)" clearly
>in the text that you deleted.

>I was trying to bring a little levity to the situation and it didn't
>work.  To each his own.  I am glad that there has been resolution
>between the original parties.  That is essentially all that is
>important.

>Also it should be noted that Ned has probably recieved a great deal of
>publicity and advertising as well as an adequate defense of his
>business dealings by satisfied customers.  Sounds about right.

>-jim roll
>jroll@isr.umich.edu