Re: PT chatroom

["andrew wiechman" <Jovar1701v@email.msn.com>]

Thanks for posting that message from Pete I think this is a big step in our
communication with him. As far as purifying the waters.
----- Original Message -----
From: L. Bird <pkeets@hotmail.com>
To: <thewho@igtc.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 02, 1999 6:23 PM
Subject: PT chatroom


> For those who are interested, here's the complete message from Matt and
Pete
> posted in the chatroom/forum.
>
>
> >Chat Room Behaviour - Pete & Matt
>
> Dear Chat Room contributors,
>
> Rich Weiner (White Fang) has been removed from the Chat Room at my
> request. I had a little 'conversation' with him and like so many before me
> have realised that there is no way to reason with him. He seems to want
> a certain list of technical and credit restitution's to be carried
> out, according to a court he himself has set up, with him as judge.
> Anyone who disagrees gets treated to something like the Spanish
> Inquisition, only more pedantic. He has made his points, they may or may
> not be valid - indeed some of them do seem valid, but I think they are
> really not as important as he makes out. That is my prerogative. He and
> I think differently, that much is clear. But it's not right for me to
> provide
> anybody with this free and open chat room forum, if when they are
> frustrated in some way they get personal, so childishly insulting
> and so brutal. I seriously believe that Rich Weiner is a clever and
sincere
> fellow, and a real fan of the music he listens to. But hasn't he rather
lost
> the point? This is music. It's fun. It's art. It's life.
> Life has glitches.
>
> I'm sorry to have to bar anyone. For your information he is not the first
> person to have been barred and will not be the last. Rich Weiner said in
> his most recent posting that I can write to him as I know his
> address. He too knows mine. He can still communicate with me directly,
> and I suppose post our correspondence if he wishes to, but I don't want
> to take part in this e-mail display he loves so much. It's like a
> blood sport.
>
> Rich Weiner also says he has many friends. I hope anyone who feels his
> points are valid will not be too upset to lose this arena for his
> disputations. I understand they can follow his machinations elsewhere.
>
> If anyone cares to make a note of this, before Christmas I will be
> available on line to talk. The date will posted early next week.
>
> Pete Townshend
>
> The access to the chat room has been changed slightly and no new
> members will be allowed on at present. If your wanting to join please
> bear with us. The reason for this is to give us time to go through the
> existing members as it's obvious that certain people are logged on under
> various guises. I'm sorry if some of you feel this is censorship in any
way.
> None of us like to be censored but having that freedom also carries a lot
> of individual responsibility. I believe that responsibility has been
lacking
> in
> a number of the posts. In future the posts will be removed, together with
> the user, if they are offensive. I'm particularly sorry for this as I
really
> felt this facility was a way of the fans to communicate with Pete and
> vice versa. I hope we can get back to that.
>
> Matt
>
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