In message et, Sally
Thompson writes
On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 17:10:59 +0000, June Hughes wrote
(in article ):

In message , Sacha
writes

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Imagine the cheek of me thinking it was my right to invite who I wish to our
house. ;-))
This is Usenet. You specifically said there were two people you were
not inviting out of all those who read and write here. That makes
people feel uncomfortable but you must have known that. It is like the
child at school announcing in front of the whole class, 'I am having a
birthday party for everyone in the class, except for two people'. It
would surely have been better if you had emailed those you were
inviting. You can do that in one email addressed to many, as I am sure
you are aware. You have mentioned since how you have heard from people
about others trying to sabotage your party. If you had restricted your
announcements to email, that would not have happened, would it? (And
before you start, no, it was not me who attempted to sabotage your do).


But June, there is a practical difficulty apart from anything else. There
are plenty of lurkers here who might like to go to the meet but whose email
addresses Sacha doesn't necessarily have. Many others do not give reply-to
email addresses on usenet. If Sacha Or anyone else) wishes to exclude two
particular people, then I am quite sure that everyone reading or
participating in this group knows who they are, and I agree that she has
every right to exclude them specifically. I wouldn't want them in my house
either.

If they are lurkers, they may also be undesirable to Sacha. Also, if
people do not give reply email addresses, they may also be undesirable.
I would not like to deal with someone who gives a false email address,
although plenty of people do and I have their real addresses. So, you
case does not appear to hold water, Sally.
--
June Hughes