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"Stephanie Pierre" <stefpierre -at- netscape -dot- net> wrote
> -- You *do* ridicule people. All the time.
> You bad-mouth nearly everybody, including
> the poor sops who have to work for you.
You know what Stephanie, you have the dubious honor of being the straw that
broke my back.
I am too busy to deal with this crap any longer. This is a dream come true for
some of you. You got what you've always wanted. I am leaving the list.
Now you're free to chat about the new fonts you'll use for your internationally
recognized methodology. How you're going to information mapping school and its
making you a better organizer of information you don't understand. You can have
long rambling threads about how STC is the greatest organization in the world.
And you won't have to fear me coming out and sniping at you.
Since I've been here I've had my business, my life, and even my customers
threatened by list members who just can't handle me disagreeing with them.
I've had people from this list call me "fat-ass" "faggot" and even some clever
stuff like "menace to writing." All because I wouldn't agree with them.
I need to stop this and and focus my life on things that really matter. The
truth is, I am not a technical writer any more and I haven't been for about a
year. Sure I still do the occasional job for places who really need help.
I'm getting my CISSP next week, which means I'll be a certified security
engineer. And that is where I need to go. I need to get away from this place
and the bad feelings here. Its obvious my detractors are becoming louder and
nastier. I don't have the time or the energy to argue with these people any
longer.
Yes, its a glorious day for TECHWR-L. That ridiculing bastard Andrew Plato is
finally leaving. The reign of terror at TECHWR-L is over. After I post this
message I am killing my yahoo account and removing TECHWR-L from my newsreader
client. If you want to email me from here on out you can email
anitian -at- yahoo -dot- com -dot- Don't be offended if I don't reply immediately.
Good luck folks. I wish you all well.
Now, get back to work, you.
Andrew Plato
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