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It may be best for everyone to ignore William Terrell's messages. He seems to be trying to disrupt the Terri Thread. If we all ignore his messages, he may go away.

Is that what this thread is about, FL-engineer?

I don't agree with WT's views on Terri either. In fact I challenged him quite provocatively to stand up or back down from his POV recently and he chose not to respond. That's his prerogative.

Our exchange stands as a record of our respective views and our ability and/or willingness to defend and articulate them. That's what this forum is about.

I'm not stewing about his nonresponse or following him around demanding an answer or otherwise holding a grudge because he holds a differing opinion. WT is certainly no troll and is often quite conservative in his views and rather articulate about it.

FL, you have done a lot, more than most, to carry the water on the Schiavo issue but if this is payback for being Contreras on the Terri threads I don't think you do yourself or the cause justice by it.

amdgmary, a quick look at WT's recent postings on Terri threads doesn't paint him to be a disruptor. If I have missed an ongoing habit of his I apologize in advance but there is a difference between voicing an opposing view and disrupting however emotionally unsettling that opposing view may be.

Ignoring him (or anyone) is fine, it is a great tactic and highly appropriate at times, but conducting vendettas and setting traps for posters you disagree with is counterproductive to advancing an issue or this site IMO. That is what this thread looks like.

The truth is, there were so many responses to me on that thread, it was taking up too much time. I was saying the same thing over and over to different people, which would come back saying the same thing as somebody else said.

I realized it was futile, I couldn't keep up and dropped the thread. Then was forced back on it by this controversy.

Sorry for the hard feelings for my nonresponse. Post or refer to a link to your response and I'll respond to it.

By the by, I posted a challenge to Mr. engineer twice to address his accusations and concerns to me, and have yet to hear from him.

>> If we all ignore his messages, he may go away.
>>Is that what this thread is about, FL-engineer?

No, absolutely not. I'm sorry to even SEE this turning
into a Terri thread. I posted it under SOFTWARE ISSUES
in order to discuss security/abuse/ and web-bugs.

Sure I have gripes with WT. who doesn't. But he can take
that back to the Terri threads instead of following me around trying to harrass me.

I pinged my Terri friends to this because they were told
this weekend by a naive admin moderator that a simple
3rd-party picture like the blueapple CANNOT POSSIBLY be
used as a web-bug. I KNOW better, and John agrees.

Enough about WT. thats not what this thread is about.
I used his EXAMPLE because it seemed one of the most obvious
of secutity/abuse issues going on here at FR.

I'll continue this explanation in response to another
post... be right back.