Okay. So I received this IM out of the blue this morning from someone only identified as “fiona.” The only Fiona I know is featured on the home page of Aspie Affect. I couldn’t imagine why she was contacting me. So this person tells me never to take anything they say seriously. Then they tell me they are Alex Plank, who is also featured on the homepage at AA. Then they ask me what I think of that Christopher M guy. Now the only person I imagine would be interested in my opinion of a self-centered SOB like Chris M would be Chris M. Then there’s someone claiming to be emp claiming to have done 3.1 mil in calendars last year. Can you see how my suspicions were aroused? Then I see “I’m getting that deleted, what a cheek” at WP followed by the same message in IM. Now I’m convinced that this is our nemesis creatively trying to stir up trouble. At this point, I still haven’t connected the message with bopp and I still don’t understand what she’s upset about. Personal details? Whose personal details? Then bopp demands that I delete it at once. Your MSN conversations? What are you talking about? Then Litigious chimes in with threats of banishment. The posts are not yet deleted by admin and I’m still here, so these were obviously empty threats designed to intimidate me into desired behavior. Now who can we think of that would want to do a thing like that?
Now bopp, you say it’s obviously you, but obviously it’s not so obvious. If you had not identified yourself in the thread I would have never guessed it was you. You weren’t even on my list of suspects. In fact, if you hadn’t outted yourself, no one who didn’t already know your first name would have known it was you. I won’t post private communications from people I know without their consent. Ask Solidess and Stinky. I was absolutely convinced that this was one of our frequent trolls. You seem to know better than anybody of the “wild west” nature of the internet. Nevertheless, I am truly sorry for my part in this. My messenger is available if you want to talk some more.
-Mark
PS: I will attempt to delete the posts, but I’ve had trouble with trying to delete posts before. We’ll see if I can figure it out this time.
As to the rest of you, I'm still not sure I know what's going on.
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"The cordial quality of pear or plum
Rises as gladly in the single tree
As in the whole orchards resonant with bees."
- Emerson