"a" wrote in message
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I'd say Jay's postings were in general more interesting and useful
than many of the others here. The digital last-word tantrums some
common (in every sense of the word) posters engage in are much worse.
If it's maxi or his aliases, you can count on it being stupid. Bertie
is a mixed bag -- his postings average to mediocre (old joke -- "she
said I was average, but she was just being mean") which I think is
his goal. Bertie's contributions are hardly in a normal distribution
-- really bipolar. Makes me think he might be, too.

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No, Bertie intends to moderate the newsgroup.

When someone has the balls to disagree with him, he intends to hound them
endlessly until the leave. That's what he is doing with Jay and I, and has
done in the past to Mx, Ken, LeChaud and others. And until the majority of
this group can get a grip on that, and grow the balls to deal with it, it
will continue.

Without Bertie, all the other trouble makers except Mx, are out of a job.
And compared to that damage Bertie has done, Mx is a piece of cake.