Dear LSTOWN-L readers,
 
Following Melvin Klassen's reaction to Mr Gomide and the receipt of Mr
Gomide's statement on Biomch-L while Prof. Gelson's original posting
had *not* been posted to my list, I sent a note to Mr Gomide.  Below is
part of his reply and my comment.  While private notes should not be
published without the author's consent, I think that the present issue
overrides his copyright.
 
hjw
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From:   KUNPV1::WOLTRING "H.J. Woltring, fax/tel +31.40.413 744"
Date:   29-SEP-1992 05:48:17.67 MET
To:     IN%"GOMIDE@BRFAPQ"
CC:     WOLTRING
Subj:   RE: Crime and Punishment ...
 
> Received: Tue, 29 Sep   92 01:26   MET
> Date:     Mon, 28 Sep 1992 19:51 -0300
> From:     Alberto Courrege Gomide <GOMIDE@BRFAPQ>
> Subject:  RE: Crime and Punishment ...
> Original_To:  Jnet%"[log in to unmask]"
>
>  ( ... )
>
> Moreover, many people are answering with "I sent the money!" - the
> fact that mail to <gelson> is bouncing may discourage some of them.
>
> Yours,
> Alberto Gomide.
 
Thanks for the above.  As regards the latter point, this can be addressed
by simply issueing a new, different user_id to Prof. Gelson?  Also, the fact
that many people are, indeed, paying up does suggest to me that many respon-
dents don't think that he went out of bounds.  If his intents were non-commer-
cial, I find it difficult to see how he offended CREN / EARN rules as put
forward in, e.g., file CONDUCT CODE at [log in to unmask] -- perhaps except
for generating too much network traffic?
 
I trust that you'll take a wise decision.
 
Herman J. Woltring.