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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Dear Tim,<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Pardon me for being confused. As I recall you invited me to be a guest on your late</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>night KZYX radio show. To read a complete passage -- word-for-word -- from</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>something you'd written here. It contains the word 'asshole'. But as I understand</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>it, saying that word is against both KZYX Station Policy and Federal Law. Exceptions </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>can be made, but only with advance permission from the KZYX station manager. In </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>writing. <span style="font-size: 12pt;">So that's what I asked for. From both you and the KZYX station manager. I</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">never got a response from either one of you.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">As I'm certain you're aware, there's ample broadcasting delay for you and/or the </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">program engineer to remove any bad language. Which I'm certain would happen </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">to any of your guests. And then you'd be required to throw them off the air. So it</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">seems like kind of a set-up to me. Not to mention a complete waste of our time.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">And exactly why I asked for KZYX's written permission to use that word. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Also, I don't recall naming the station manager. The fact is, I can't. Furthermore, </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I don't believe you can. Lorraine Dechter -- in spite of her politeness and best </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">intentions -- is a puppet. In a very sad puppet show. Where the puppets get mad </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">at the audience for not taking them seriously. And then direct bad language and</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">insults at them. Just like you did here.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div>Norman<font size="3"> DeVall -- ndv as you say -- has done more for public radio here than your</font></div><div><font size="3"><br></font></div><div><font size="3"><br></font></div><div><font size="3">puppet masters could ever dream of. You can come here and speak your mind, </font></div><div><font size="3"><br></font></div><div><font size="3"><br></font></div><div><font size="3">Tim. Anyone can. Can you say as much for the programmers listserv? Or the one </font></div><div><font size="3"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><font size="3">for the Board of Directors? Of course not. You can't even do that on </font><span style="font-size: 12pt;">your own </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">radio show. Because you're spineless, Tim.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Let me close with the words of one of your fellow programmers. Whose work I </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">respect. And </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">someone who actually has a spine. Marco McClean: "But, Tim, you </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">know you'll </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">never be kicked off your show or out of the station, because you're a </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">true </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">sycophant. The proof: your show is consistently objectively lousy."</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">There. All of that was done without forbidden words. In language I'd be glad to </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">repeat on any radio show. Word-for-word.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Sincerely,</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Scott M. Peterson</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Mendocino</span></div><div><br></div><div><div><br></div><div>- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><pre style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">> smp wrote: 'I'm a bit confused here. You can't get [me] permission to use a certain
word on your late night radio show...If you can't get [me] permission, then why not
go ahead and use it?'
smp, being more than a bit confused, and radio-shy, wants me to speak to lorraine
FOR him, so he can say 'asshole' on-air...sorry, not gonna happen, smp.
smp also says 'I'm not claiming any 'followers'. Just truth and civility.' to which
i'm saying, 'bwahahaha!'
no, smp, thus far you are only john sakowicz' latest stooge.
originally smp wrote: 'the problem with normal pledge drives is this .. it takes
programmers .. with actual content .. and followers with actual money .. even then,
it ain't easy .. for folks to come to Jesus, you need -- well-- Jesus .. but here
you've got fewer programmers .. and less content .. with a lot more competition
..nonprofits in Mendocino County are doubling every five years .. so get your game
face on KZYX .. put on your shortest skirt .. your tightest blouse .. lipstick ..
and kneepads .. with your 'Quiet Drive' ..if it doesn't work out, that's okay ..
there's always bankruptcy'...
tg wrote [to ndv, who hasn't replied]: 'i don't know if i'm more irked by
cyber-bullies, or by their sexual fantasies...this latest headcase seems primed for
both...
having admin-ed a contentious site, i know it means work to keep haters in check--or
lose them if they can't throw a towel over it...
you seem to have attracted a critical mass of assholes to yourself so far, and not
much else...'
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