RE: A note from your friendly neighborhood Devil's Advocate

[Lyle H Janney <lhjanney@adpc.purdue.edu>]

Very well, Mr. Independent Counsel, but do I have your word that, upon
presentation of evidence, you will publicly apologize for the slander you
have done me?  I have personally accused no individual with my recent
assertions (just as I never accused nor intended to imply cheating on
Kris' part a couple weeks ago).  I am not a source of "constant beligerance
and condemnation", nor do I "constantly critisize just for the sake of
disagreemant" (btw, please update your spell checker or buy a dictionary).
Your desire to support your argument with such direct accusations only
shows _your_ ability to resort to belligerence and condemnation.

Yes, you have written on the dwindling newbie population, and it is, as
you say "absolutely a source of the thinning of the club".  However, I am
asserting that it is not the only source.  You disagree.  That is fine, but it
gives you no right to resort to the kind of accusations you make below.

I will attempt to petition those on my list in order to substantiate my claims.
This may take some time, which I am short on of late, and many of the
people on my list just simply no longer show up so they will be harder to
reach, so don't expect this anytime real soon.  Until then, I challenge you
to keep any ear open to the complaints of others if you truly care so much
about the membership of the club.  I may not be _entirely_ correct in the
reason our older members are dwindling, but I know I am not entirely
incorrect.

Lyle

-----Original Message-----
From:	Jevan Furmanski [SMTP:furmansj@expert.cc.purdue.edu]

I have already written on the dwindling population of newbies.  This is
absolutely a source of the thinning of the club.  Your claims have no
substantiation without revealing credible sources.  I am starting to get
angered now by your constant beligerance and condemnation.  We can point
fingers and accuse, and that is exactly how people get wrong ideas about
players and characters (watches of time stop, swords of all the Tor
drills).  We do not need a negative voice in the club to constantly
critisize just for the sake of disagreemant.  You are going to have to be
a little more credible about your accusations or I am no longer going to
entertain discourse that is just endless bickering.

Jevan