Re: Big cat really quite small

On May 12, 6:27=A0pm, "Alienjones" <alienjo...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> "Draco" <JPD...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>
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> On May 12, 1:30 am, "Alienjones" <alienjo...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:> It's
odd =
how you can stand beside the hull of a big cat in dry dock and it
> > towers over you ...yet when it's in the water surrounded by the really
> > 'big
> > boys' toys... It can look so
> > small...http://www.douglasjames.com.au/previews/the_cat.htm
>
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>
> Well, how in the heck can I look at the image when I run into this:
>
> http://www.douglasjames.com.au/previews/the_cat.htm
>
> Forbidden to enter and see. Sheesh, guess I'm banned from ever seeing
> Douglas' images.
>
> Oh well, I tried to be nice.
>
> Draco
> ---------------
> This is where one bad apple ruins the whole box Draco.
>
> Your thieving mate: anniika1980 and Paul Furman are the ones to blame
for
> it. Bret repeatedly took my copyright images and pasted his revolting
> ****ography into them and thought it a great joke... I've had enough and
I=
'm
> doing something about it.
>
> Paul Furman is probably the luckiest fellow in the USA today. He escaped
a=

> significant legal suit by just minutes when his bigoted attitude kept
him
> from recognizing his theft of my images was serious. His host was a lot
mo=
re
> proactive (and apologetic) when they got the court papers.
>
> The fact you sup****t Bret Douglas' other photographic endeavours does
not
> alter the fact you associate with and provide sup****t for a self
confessed=

> paedophile and **** peddler. Are you really that broad minded?
>
> After Bell South got my court papers and gave him the flick ...he moved
to=

> EPB Telecom, Verizon's IP range in Arlington seemed to be too close to
> Chattanooga's Range to filter accurately on. I did ask for information
her=
e
> about local call rates to Virginia and such, mindful if I did block the
> hillbilly state, I'd probably block you and a few others too.
>
> I'd suggest Draco, you look closely at your associations and to whom you
> offer public sup****t for. You are seen not only by what you say and do
but=

> by the company you keep. If you keep company with criminals, you'll be
> considered one yourself.
>
> This group is total disarray. The resuscitated "shootin" is hardly a
glowi=
ng
> example of rebuilding public confidence in the group. People like Bret
> Douglas are destroying Usenet and people like you sit idly by, watching
th=
em
> destroy what you really came to enjoy.
>
> Think about it mate... Sooner or later you'll be faced with making a
> decision. Stand up for decency or let the whole thing slide into the
contr=
ol
> of depraved lunatic.

 Douglas, From my point of view ( which has been from the side lines)
it has appeared to me that Bret has appolgized and you slapped him in
the face. He had responded to your attempts at bullying and name
calling by jumping into that mud filled pit.
 You had made claims of being a surpurb photographer and no one could
better you in image making. Well everyone can be beat in what ever
they do. No one remains the very best. You also claimed that you
created a program that allowed you to create huge prints (30 by 36
inch) from one or two megabyte files that were sharp and clean of
artifacts. Then when you were called to the floor on it, you claimed
that everyone was out to get you and no one had any right to see how
you created the images. You didn't have to provide the entire working
program, just enough information to show that it works. Then folks
would have been beating a path to your doorway to buy it.
   Yes this group is in "...disarray..." and not because of just Bret.
You have to accept blame as well as others. Your long posts and
attacks on people who disagree with you has sent many folks screaming
from the news group. Not only did Your attacks sour people on making
comments on images but, these spammers who have flooded the groups
with sales and nasty posts have done more harm than you or Bret could
ever do. Having the shoot-in again is not a contest to see who is a
better photographer. It is a way for photographers to extend and
improve their skills of the craft they( we all) love. It is a way for
photographers around the world to see how the other folks do their
work. See other images of far away places and how the photographers
see their home.
  I have thought about it "mate". The amount of "decency" that has
been shown by you pales in comparision to that of a pack of dingos to
a cat. I stand by these folks who give helpful comments to others and
shows them a different way of seeing the image. If that make me a
criminal in your eyes, then you need a new pair of gl*****, old son.
You say, "...Stand up for decency or let the whole thing slide into
the control of depraved lunatic..." From where I am the
"...lunatic..." I see is the one I am responding to and you have tried
to control this group. I guess that is why no one in AUS.PHOTO will
talk with you any more.

All of the above is my own opinion and I just don't give a rats
backside any longer.


Draco