[macvoiceover] Re: A sincere public apology
- From: Keith Reedy <WA9DRO@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2008 17:29:26 -0400
Ok Chris,
I except your apology.
Stay cool and lest get a fresh start.
Keith Reedy
On Jul 27, 2008, at 3:29 PM, Chris Gilland wrote:
List members:
I need you to hear me out please with what I am saying. Don't
just delete this mail, as most likely this is probably what you've
been expecting and wanting to hear, for quite some time, so just
hear me out please, and let me have it.
The past few weeks have been very stressful for me. Again, hear me
out please, don't bird out just from that initial comment and think
here we go again. Hear me out please.
My uncle was just diagnosed with cancer, which has really put me in
a state of bitterness, plus I am going through a divorce, plus other
things which I won't go into. The point is. I have been
incorrectly conducting my anger. A lot of it has reflectively come
back on all of you all. I've said some very harsh, and very rude
things lately both on, and off list, to a lot of list members. I am
not gonna reveal names here. That's not important. The fact is: I
have mistreated quite a lot of you. And like it or not, I know
through reliable means, that a lot of you are quite hurt, and quite
upset with me. Let me start by saying, you have every single right
to be. Lately I have not been myself. I've cut people down, I've
blaintantly cussed people out, I've clamed to be a Christian, yet
then I sit here and use GD off list with a member who's name won't
be revealed, you know who you are though. Look. I just wanna say
how truely sorry I am. I've really been acting like a compulsive,
neurotic jerk. I'm not happy at all with how I have been treating a
lot of you. I know that my apology may be accepted by some, and by
others possibly not. I cannot force you to accept it. I also need
you to realize I'm not using the above issues as a cruch of excuse
for me to get away with what I've done. I understand fully that my
anger is something as well as my bluntness, that I need very
severely to work on. I assure all of you that I am going to from
this day forward try a lot harder. I don't break promises, and what
I say here, about me trying harder is a true solumn committed
promise. I am on my honor. I would like each and every one of you
to hold me to this. If we all could stand around in a circle I'd
take all you all's hands and shake on it with every one of you. That
is how serious I am.
I do not swear, as my beliefs of morality will not allow me to do
so, however, I give you the strongest promise below a swear that I
can. Folks, I really truely am sorry for how I've been acting.
None of you all deserved it. Not even the few people who off
list've made some comments about me. Yeah, I didn't appreciate 'em,
but, you know what, that is no excuse. I chose, in my own actions,
to react as I did. only I! can control what I do. Keith cannot
control me, Mike cannot control me, David Poeman cannot control me,
no one can. It is up to me, and to me alone to decide how, and if,
I am gonna react to certain things. I think in light of me being so
irritated at some things that on list have happened, plus all the
stress I've been under. The better thing I should have probably
done, would have been to have waited until I could calm down and
relax and most importantly, have thought more rationally and more
lovingly, and not had such a mind of haste, and bitterness. So,
just as a few of you off list have apologised to me for hurting me,
thank you by the way, I guess it's now my turn to say I'm sorry.
And, believe you me, I truely am. I haven't been myself lately. I
never should have taken this out on any of you all. and, I
certainly! should not have posted, no matter how serious it was,
about needing someone to talk to from Canada, and made it look like
it was life or death. Yeah, it was serious, but not that serious.
No wonder so many people get turned away from my friendship. I have
got to learn to straighten up my act. And from today on forward
that is exactly what I'm gonna do. If I start flying off the
handle, I want you all to convict me of it right away, and bring it
to my attention. Don't let me get away with it.
I finally say, unless I am starting a new thread, and have a genuine
question, I didn't say a comment related to a post, I said, strictly
a general question, about a post, or a whole new question
altogether, I won't be writing this list, for a while. Again, the
only exception to this, is if I truely have something of benefit to
say. And I promise you, Keith, and all others: I will! let this
list run more freely, and more drama free.
For example: Let's say someone rights and says: in mail, if I hit
vo+J from the message table, I hear html content but nothing reads,
why is this. I would consider a post that would fall in this
exception to be, I may write back and say, o, you need to hit vo A
after you hit vo J to jump. This will do a say all, and will then
read the content. This isn't necessary if the message wasn't
encoded in html though to begin with.
What I will not! do, is right and say:
um, that is kind a simple. Duh? all you do is... what ever.
I will leave all definsive comments out, no matter how mad I am. On
or off list. If I absolutely cannot refrane from saying something
nasty or rude, then, I'll just refrane the entire post until I can
calm down. You have my word. If you all even request it of Keith,
I don't wanna put to much trouble on him, but if it is not too much
trouble. I'd even be willing to be placed on moderation status for
a while where my messages have to be approved first. I have
absolutely no objection to that at all. In fact, I almost wonder if
that may help matters a bit.
Again. I'm willing to do anything to make this up to you all. I
messed up, and I take the complete responsibility of it upon my
shoulders. The burden is mine. Please forgive me.
Thank you for reading and I sincerely hope that all you all have an
absolutely magnificent day.
cordially,
Chris Gilland.
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