17-06-2013, 05:59 PM
Well said, Jim. The hypocrisy of it all, and the fact that it was clearly an agenda-driven decision, is the reason I walked away. I asked John repeatedly to show us where you had broken any rules and he couldn't do it. And then today, a week after he suspended my membership, Simkin replies to my questions by admitting "Tom Scully and Jim DiEugenio were not removed from this Forum for any individual breach of Forum rules." Instead he makes a vague reference to "bullying members into not posting" on the forum without providing further explanation or citing a single example.
When it came to Tom Scully, I asked John to show us where Tom had called Albarelli "a liar" which was the very reason he said Tom's account had been deleted. He did not respond until today when he offered this quote:
"Now that Janney is in the business of making claims misleading to the point that they are deliberate lies, Albarelli's continued silence about what Janney has attributed to Albarelli in "Mary's Mosaic" is inexcusable."
Anyone with even the most basic of comprehension skills can see that nowhere in that sentence did Tom call Albarelli a liar as Simkin erroneously claimed he did. That he would attempt to use that quote to prop up his accusations says a lot about Simkin's integrity on this issue IMHO.
When it came to Tom Scully, I asked John to show us where Tom had called Albarelli "a liar" which was the very reason he said Tom's account had been deleted. He did not respond until today when he offered this quote:
"Now that Janney is in the business of making claims misleading to the point that they are deliberate lies, Albarelli's continued silence about what Janney has attributed to Albarelli in "Mary's Mosaic" is inexcusable."
Anyone with even the most basic of comprehension skills can see that nowhere in that sentence did Tom call Albarelli a liar as Simkin erroneously claimed he did. That he would attempt to use that quote to prop up his accusations says a lot about Simkin's integrity on this issue IMHO.