🚀 go-pugleaf

Miss know it all is back.
                     We had one week of quiet.
                                       With your mouth so wide open
                                                 you may soon be fixing
                                                          modems.              

Wendy Guy (cq915@torfree.net) wrote:
: bt351 (bt351@torfree.net) wrote:
: : Yuri Kuchinsky (yuku@globalserve.net) wrote:
: : : As far as "justice" goes, TFN, by providing free services to the poor,
: : : will do well to maintain and improve its level of service. This is
: : : contribution to social justice enough.

: : 	it would be nice if the "nouveau riche" as yourself took some 
: : responsibilty for what advantage they've had as a result of the tfn.  
: <snip>
: : 	wake up or fuck off.  you've taken advantage of the freenet.  get 
: : with it or get out.

: Geoffrey, this is uncalled for and unbecoming of a TFN volunteer. Since
: there are no compulsory fees involved in having a TFN account, there is no
: such thing as *anyone* "taking advantage of TFN," except perhaps in your
: own rigid and punitive opinion. 

: While I support us encouraging our members to donate what and when they
: can, (a) this is unlikely to be accomplished by brow-beating them and (b)
: there is nothing to say that any member *must* donate anything. TFN policy
: has consistently left this as optional, and as such it is inappropriate
: and out of line for TFN officials to attempt to make anyone feel they
: *must* contribute to TFN. 

: Besides, how do you know if Yury has or has not contributed financially to
: TFN? If you have knowledge of this, then you are breaking confidentiality
: required by TFN volunteers. If you do not have knowledge about this, then
: you are voicing your own opinion and do not speak for TFN. Either way, 
: you're out of line.


: Wendy

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