Re: Mike Lee quotes

 David Hobby wrote:
> 
> > > > > Mike--
> > > > >       I wouldn't want to offend you after all the care you have
> > > > > taken not to hurt anyone's feelings, but there's a rumor that you
> > > > > are an alter ego of an established list member.
> > > ...
> > > > I have no idea who he is or even if he's a real
> > > conservative venting
> > > > his anti-social views or someone doing a caricature of a
> > > right winger.
> > > >
> > > > Maybe we should start a pool.
> > >
> ...
> > On Tue, Apr 27, 2004 at 09:41:52PM -0700, Doug Pensinger wrote:
> >
> > > I thought Erik hinted that he and John Doe were the same person early
> > > on, but I'm pretty sure that's not the case.
> >
> 
>         But Erik says he didn't do this.  I called it a rumor,
> since I'm way too lazy to go through the archives for this.
> As I recall, John Doe and Mike Lee appeared at about the same
> time.  In my mind, this has turned into "Mike Lee appeared as
> a response to John Doe".  (Look at the similarity of the names,
> for instance.)
>         I don't recall Mike Lee introducing himself either,
> although I might have missed it.  He does seem to have started
> right in posting as if he had been here for years.  And how
> did he know that Julia was "the heart and soul of the list"?
> We didn't put that in the FAQ recently, did we?

Uh, that was Rob who said that.

You know, I bet a noticeable portion of the miscommunication here could
be avoided if people would double-check as to who said what before
making statements about other participants.

Not that I have a perfect record or anything, but the last time I
remember majorly misattributing something, Erik was right on top of it
and we got that straightened out in fairly short order.

        Julia