Re: Tom Turley: Banned from Attending K-Fest '97

[guenter@student.uni-kl.de (Marvin)]

Geoff Weiss (geoff@seeker.hermesnet.net) wrote:
: 1) Were you planning to show up?  If not, then why do you care?

Right! Please tell us if you would come, Dr. Tom. 

: 2) Having Dr. Tom at KansasFest is like having a Jewish person
:    or a black person at a KKK rally.  Can you say "living hell,"
:    "haze" and "not a happy camper?"

Oops! A KKK rally isn't a really good comparison, is it? ;)

: 3) I believe for the sanity and safety of all attendees at KansasFest,
:    it would be best for the Dr. Tom to not show up.  Several people
:    have announced that potentially destructive activities would occur
:    if Dr. Tom attended.  It could have been for that reason why the
:    KansasFest committee decided that Dr. Tom would not be welcomed
:    (which I believe was the actual phrasing, not this "ban" crud that
:    Dr. Tom made Dr. Buggie post).

Hey, I would not only allow Dr. Tom at the KansasFest, I would make him
the candidate for the annual roast! If he has something useful to report,
this would be a perfect opportunity. On the other hand, if someone
accuses him of being a liar, he has the opportunity for bringing some
serious arguments, too. If you can stand it without retracting to
flames, you can all give your best here! :)

The script of the "Roast" can then be converted to a Hyperstudio stack
and be sold for $5 in Joe Kohn's SSII library for the amusement of all
KansasFest visitors. :D 

Now that would be a real challenge for everyone. I think Dr. Tom would
be very startled if he will be welcomed by a critical but not
hostile Apple II community and can even bring the one or the other
of his own surprises... :)

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