Fwd: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums

[Chuck Zmudzinski <brchuckz@netscape.net>]

On 9/28/2021 11:34 AM, Jonathan Dowland wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 28, 2021 at 07:10:08AM -0400, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote:
> > As the original poster, I can say this hits the nail on the head. 
> > Most definitely, Andy Smith and others claim a right to call 
> > newcomers like me a laughingstock, damned, etc., on the basis of 
> > their supposed god-like status.
> ...
> > By overreaction, he clearly means I refused to worship him and his ilk
> > as the gods they think they are, 
>
> I think this is an unreasonable characterisation of Andy Smith which I
> invite you to retract. I've read all of his messages on this subject to
> this list (at least) and I thought he'd taken great pains to make clear
> that he was merely an interested bystander, no more important than
> anyone else -- including you!

I agree to retract this. I am sure Andy Smith is a fine person, and I can
see he devotes much of his time heping others use Debian, and that is
a good thing that he does. My statement was an emotional overreaction
in response to Borden, who clearly is overstating problems in Debian.
I did too, and I am sorry.

Thanks,

Chuck