[GeoStL] Re: You catch more flies with honey, than vinegar

From: DRM <drmdcm@xxxxxxxxx>
To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 22:06:40 -0800 (PST)
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I thought this was just an online/reality game to have
fun geocaching? "Cant we all just get along"? 

--- Jack Konecker <jackkonecker@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> -
> Dear SLAGA members and geocachers who
> read this newsgroup:
> I feel great sadness to have to display this link,
> but
> it is necessary: http://www.slaga.org/
> 
> myotis, Jim Bensman, has decided that SLAGA
> is a racist organization and created a web site
> to proclaim it to the world.  He is attempting to
> bully SLAGA members into sitting through 'tolerance'
> lectures at SLAGA events because he says he has
> been offended by the 'alleged' telling of off-color
> jokes at a SLAGA event.  This somehow makes
> SLAGA responsible for the jokes being told, and 
> thus SLAGA is a racist organization.
> 
> The association of his personal problem with a
> violation of SLAGA bylaws is ludicrous.  But 
> because he won't take responsibility for his own
> problem, he wants else to be - originally SLAGA
> (and now me).
> 
> Did he approach the people telling the jokes and
> comment that he was offended? No.  Did he take
> the opportunity to discussion the issue with me,
> as SLAGA President, at the SLAGA Christmas party
> on Dec 3? No.  Did I tell any of the jokes that
> affended him?  No.
> 
> Jim pulled this same thing 2 1/2 years ago on the
> geocaching freelist newsgroup and was banned from
> posting.  (Note:  this geocaching freelist newsgroup
> is not under the control of SLAGA.) Now that we have
> new SLAGA officers elected,  Jim is trying the same
> bully tactics all over again.
> 
> I even personally offered Jim a public venue to give
> him the chance to let people know who he is and what
> he is about - in a  positive way.  He figuratively
> spit in
> my face.  As a result, he got nothing. Now it is
> obvious
> that it is no longer just about racism, but
> censorship
> and personal attacks on me.
> 
> Read the words in between the dashed lines below. 
> They
> are from Jim Bensman.  They are from an email he
> sent to
> all the SLAGA officers a few weeks ago. (the
> capitalization
> is his.)  Based on the web site that Jim has just
> created, I
> now worry about my personal safety and the safety of
> my
> loved ones.
> 
>
=====================================================
> From: "Jim Bensman" jbensman1 @ charter.net
> Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 3:05 PM
> 
> PLEASE DO NOT FORCE ME TO DO THINGS WE WILL
> ALL REGRET ...
> 
> I am a professional hell raiser and I know how to go
> about getting
> publicity, press, filling complaints with agencies,
> etc.  I DO NOT
> WANT TO DO THIS. PLEASE DO NOT FORCE ME TO.
>
=====================================================
> 
> When I volunteered to step in at the last minute
> to be SLAGA president, my intention was  to do
> my best to improve the SLAGA organization where it
> needed improvement, so it could continue to grow
> and "enhance the geocaching experience in the local
> communities".  This is obviously a distraction, but
> it would
> be a shame if we lost our focus.
> 
> We can't let one misguided individual spoil
> geocaching though
> slander and threats.  I ask you all now for your
> public and
> personal support.  We know SLAGA is not a racist
> organization.
> Truth will win, in the end.
> 
> 
> Paul Konopacki
> SLAGA President 2005-2006
> 
> P.S. 
> * The IP address for www.slaga.org is:
> 64.202.189.170
> * The domain is registered with: Go Daddy Software,
> Inc.
> * You can report abuse at: abuse@xxxxxxxxxxx
> 
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