Re: Nathan's farewell

[godot22@earthlink.net (PJ Killian)]

In article <1998071509141300.FAA28560@ladder03.news.aol.com>,
supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer) wrote:

> jim@calico.litterbox.com (Jim) wrote:
> 
> >Seriously though, between flames (which in the end, sadly, was all he 
> >posted) Nathan did provide a lot of useful information to a lot of people.
> >While I won't miss the constant nastyness of the last few months, let's 
> >please remember he did contribute.
> 
> I agree.  He did contribute and his FAQs were pretty good.  When
> I first joined csa2, he was actually helpful...before I got a little
> enthusiastic at which point the famous Nathan flames appeared.
> 
> It is just too bad someone which such obvious knowledge could
> not rise above the noise.
> 
> I regret seeing the "good" Nathan go, but near the end, it was
> mostly the "mean and nasty" Nathan that remained...

I'll miss him too, and not just as a source of comic relief. Nathan's
recent behavior strikes me as the work of a smart, talented person who
unfortunately has gone completely off the deep end. Take a person with in a
high-stress job and add in a steady diet of needling from people on a
newsgroup (however justified it may be) and certain kinds of people are
bound to snap. If Nathan's posts and farewell oration are any indication of
his true character, he may very well be suffering from a severe emotional
problem, in which case I hope that he gets help before he hurts himself or
someone else.