[newgeezer]

I asked the moderators to erase the full text of the article that you posted, and made it clear that I did not consider that it was posted by you for any but the best of reasons.

Unfortunately, not everyone associated with the article or the magazine in which it appeared is so considerate. As you may know, I was the author of post #2, which also contained the full text of the article. Someone had my post removed and, from the publisher of the Oregon Magazine, I received an extremely rude, accusatory email, in which he insisted I am a thief, among other things.

I responded in telling him that I posted the article -- including all of the imbedded links to his publication -- with only good intentions but, he couldn't care less about my intentions. I was, in his opinion, a thief, an ignorant dork, and a jerk, just for having posted the article and violating his copyright.

Compared to the lambasting I received from the judge, jury, and executioner at the O.M., ThePythonicCow got the red-carpet treatment.

I'd appreciate the same respect fom others to leave just the excerpt. One click gets one into the source.

I'm more than happy to do that, as long as the source doesn't move or disappear altogether. Granted, that is less of a problem with some publications than with others. But, how are we to know, unless the good folks at those publications tell us? Maybe I'm in a small minority here but, I always click through to the original source, just to verify its origins and see if there are any pics with the article. Regardless, none of this matters to the OM publisher. I am not an accomplished journalist; therefore, I am an ignorant dork and a thief.

Do you have some connection to or relationship with the Oregon Magazine? As you might guess, it will forever occupy a special place in my heart. ;-)

[ThePythonicCow]

As you may know, I was the author of post #2, which also contained the full text of the article.

Aha - as I suspected - post #2 was also a full text. Had I known earlier, I could have saved myself some effort and minor distress.

Your treatment and mine perhaps differed, but less than it seems. I also received separate email (freeper mail), but:

1. I tend not to mention such w/o permission,
2. the sender had already interacted with me in a more favorable light on another thread,
3. the suggestion that I was a thief was only indirect, and
4. I tend to grant quite a bit of slack to others on such matters, at least until their integrity and good intentions are clear (or clearly absent).

The possibility that WaterDragon has some relationship with the Oregon Magazine crossed my mind as well. Any comments on that, Madam Dragon?