Re: KFest '98 (was: Video Upgrade)

[Pim Blokland <pDOTblokland@spcgroup.nl>]

stephen e buggie wrote:

> : Cturley2 wrote:
> : > However, having been banned from being involved with this elite A2 circle of
> : > people, and advised against ever attending KansasFest activities for my own
> : > physical safety -
 
> No one should feel that Dr. Tom Turley is a physical threat.  I met him in
> person (Nov 1996), and he is as mild-mannered as Clark Kent.  With his
> personal friendship with Steve Wozniak, and his initiatives to get
> software legally released to the public domain, he is an asset to the A2
> community.          Steve B

Although I agree with you 100%, absolutely and unconditionally (no
Nathans around? OK) Dr Tom did not say that he was considered to be a
threat, but that he was threatened.
I'd like to know what exactly is going on that I don't know about. I
mean, what if the person or persons who uttered this threat, find out
that I don't belong to "this elite A2 circle" and extend their threat to
me, while I am at KFest? Maybe they'll even vent their anger at me,
because I'll be there and Tom won't!
You see I feel I have a right to be informed about what goes on behind
closed doors. I wonder. I wonder if I'll be safe there. I wonder if I'll
ever get to meet Tom. I wonder what dark brooding secrets are kept in
how many closets. And most of all, I wonder how come the worst
flamethrower of all is allowed, even welcomed, in, while some of the
more "mild-mannered" are being asked not to attend.

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