I don't think I've said anything bad about him in this thread other than mentioning I had a bad experience with him, which I did. I feel he got ticked off at me for no good reason and did not present the situation accurately on Schwartz's board, which led to people attacking me for no good reason, like they have here.
When a man calls you at your house and flatly tells you that he's been hired to kill you, you might overreact too. I have my shades drawn and am keeping a gun by my side. But I didn't accuse Schwartz of being behind the call, I only think he's the most likely candidate and brought the matter up here so he would be reluctant to follow through on that threat if in fact it's genuine. If I felt certain that Schwartz was responsible for the call I wouldn't be talking here, I'd be on a plane.
Believe me, I'm not trying to get back on Schwartz's board. I just think I have a valid point that he will be discredited, sooner or later, and thus DNJournal should not ally itself so closely with him.
I notice you're not criticizing him for bashing me, in the way he did above, nor some others for the completely obnoxious comments they have made (i.e. Post #44 and quite a few others). Isn't that a bit one-sided? But there may be some truth to what you say; I will think about it.
What factual basis do you have for accusing me of that?
I was publicly humiliated in front of an influential group of people, some of whom might now be reluctant to do business with me, based on a false picture of events provided by people who have little regard for honesty or truth. It was a stressful, depressing event that affected my already poor health and my ability to take proper care of my (other) cat in the last few months before he died. I'm quite upset about what happened and don't like seeing the people who are responsible lauded in public journals.
It's Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Incident Number LLV061013002656, Officer R. Katona, Badge #6703, dated 10/13/06 at 6:40 pm Pacific Time. Their phone number is 702-229-3111. I told the police I thought the call was related to comments I made on an Internet forum earlier in the week, but did not accuse or say I suspected any specific individuals of being involved. They told me they didn't expect they could do much for me but I needed to file a report to get them to trace the call.
I brought it up to question Rick's character, Donna, just as he has questioned mine. The point is, was Rick simply wrong about what he said - the Overture numbers made it quite obvious that the domain was worth a lot more than $10,000, and Rick is not stupid - or was he simply "testing me," as I surmised at the time, or was he trying to prevent me from finding a partner so he, or one of his associates, could procure the domain? I'm not making any accusations here, just raising a question. You decide.
It's my opinion that Ron Jackson or John Berryhill would not sink that low, but Schwartz might. That's just my opinion and I have a perfect legal right to express it. That's not libel. Libel is when Schwartz says that "others" have blocked my emails because I was harrassing them, which is a completely false claim.
To me this thread is something of an example of why two planes slammed into the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. People find emotional security in being part of a group that tells them they are special, one of the few people who understand things that few people outside the group understand. They lose their ability to think for themselves, to question anything the group leaders say, and cannot be reasoned with as they don't care about honesty or truth, only defending the group which tells them that they belong. And they become capable of inhuman acts.
Well I don't think Schwartz has been very fair with me, but I'll say here perfectly clearly that I do not in any way shape or form know that he is responsible for the call I received. It could very well have been someone who has affection for him or one of the other people involved, and doesn't like to see them criticized.
I don't fully understand myself and there may be truth in that, but as I wrote Schwartz last November in response to his presenting that argument, "Yes, being right is far from the most important thing in the world, but I would rather be right then dead wrong and unjustifiably mean as a result." And that isn't to imply that I have never been mean to anyone because I am far from perfect and I have. But I think I have been considerably nicer and fairer in this matter than the people I have criticized, and until someone presents what I feel is a valid argument to the contrary I will maintain that position.
You may be right. Thanks.Jon, where there's no wood, there's no fire.
Right or wrong, just walk away and don't let the way you believe other's feel about you affect the way you feel about yourself or dictate your behaviour. I have learned that most times it is painfully obvious that our effort to right any wrong's or try and settle any scores...leads no where at all and may make things worse. Save your energy for positive application.
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