"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 26/2/09 11:41, in article ,
" wrote:

In article ,
BAC wrote:

Mabbett had trouble getting along with many many more people on Usenet
than
just Mike Crowe, and there is no denying that many people, rightly or
wrongly, regarded him as the worst and most infuriating sort of netnanny
troll. ...

Not quite. He was mildly irritating, but he did NOT go in for what he
was claimed to do - I checked. What happened was that some particularly
nasty trolls started picking on him, and that snowballed - in the same
way that beating up cripples used to be a common sport.

Precisely so. To start with, he fell foul of Crowe because he and several
others objected to Crowe spamming several groups to advertise a
non-related
'service'. Whereas others simply killfiled Crowe, Andy stood his ground
and
was pilloried for it. His personal life and his working life were all
dragged into a vicious and spiteful vendetta from Crowe.


That may have been the start of his troubles with Crowe, but he had already
been deeply embroiled in problems in other groups, notably the Birmingham
local group.

That may have been the start of his troubles with Crowe, but he had
already been deeply embroiled in problems in other groups, notably the
Birmingham local group.


I believe that it was his involvement with uk.local.birmingham and his
attitude which cost him his job. I have it on very good authority that he
would be 'watched' by, I believe, the auditors of the council, i.e. those
who oversee the "Value for money" services of a council. My family were at
that time in the offices of our local council and they had to abide by the
guidelines. I warned Mabbett that he would be watched as well. He chose to
ignore me. Whether his actions cost him his job I don't know, and we never
will. Someone did post up just how many newsgroups he was subscribing to and
how many postings he had done over a period of time which were NOT to do
with his job. Being a net nanny on uk.local.birmingham would not be in his
job description.

His first attack on me for the posting I had done in the birmingham
newsgroup was of course completely out of order because I was addressing
people in the birmingham area, just as I have used local newsgroups many
times since .................... without the Mabbett problem.

Vicious man. Well out of the way. Let's hope he doesn't return to cause
trouble to this newsgroup.

Kindest regards

Mike

On 26/2/09 15:38, in article ,
"BAC" wrote:


"Sacha" wrote in message
...
On 26/2/09 11:41, in article ,
" wrote:

In article ,
BAC wrote:

Mabbett had trouble getting along with many many more people on Usenet
than
just Mike Crowe, and there is no denying that many people, rightly or
wrongly, regarded him as the worst and most infuriating sort of netnanny
troll. ...

Not quite. He was mildly irritating, but he did NOT go in for what he
was claimed to do - I checked. What happened was that some particularly
nasty trolls started picking on him, and that snowballed - in the same
way that beating up cripples used to be a common sport.

Precisely so. To start with, he fell foul of Crowe because he and several
others objected to Crowe spamming several groups to advertise a
non-related
'service'. Whereas others simply killfiled Crowe, Andy stood his ground
and
was pilloried for it. His personal life and his working life were all
dragged into a vicious and spiteful vendetta from Crowe.


That may have been the start of his troubles with Crowe, but he had already
been deeply embroiled in problems in other groups, notably the Birmingham
local group.


Which has nothing to do with urg, however and actually, nothing to do with
Crowe, either who was using newsgroups for his own ends. And continuing to
discuss this is just what Crowe wants, so I'm bowing out now, knowing whom I
considered to be a useful and helpful member of this group and it certainly
isn't Crowe.

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
Exotic plants, shrubs & perennials online

Which has nothing to do with urg, however and actually, nothing to do with
Crowe, either who was using newsgroups for his own ends. And continuing
to
discuss this is just what Crowe wants, so I'm bowing out now, knowing whom
I
considered to be a useful and helpful member of this group and it
certainly
isn't Crowe.

--
Sacha

and Mabbett was never a useful and helpful member of uk.local.birmingham.

Thank you so much for pointing this out and explaining it to all and sundry
:-))))

Kindest possible regards

Mike