Darin Chappell
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Listen guys,
You both know that I am no fan of Fred's. However, you are way of base if you think Wendy is anything other than honest in what she has posted, or if you suspect that she is working in Fred's corner out of some sense of deception. That is just not how Wendy works, based on my observations of her attitudes exhibited here for quite a while.
What she was pointing out was that, based on the information identifying sobek on the KS forums, the person posting in those situations described was on the East Coast, whereas Fred, was all the way across the country for all three of those days. Now, could he have used a laptop to post using a server that is based on the east coast? Sure, but just because that is a possibility, don't make the assumption that Wendy is being anything less than upright about her statements.
By the way, in medical school, they have a saying that goes something like this:
"If you hear hoofbeats, think horses, not zebras."
What that means is that, unlike the natural inclination of most medical students wanting to find a new and rare disease to name for themselves, good and sensical doctors look for the most common answer for the symptoms at hand. I would suggest that maybe you guys should do the same thing here.
Fred has gone over to the dark side. He uses psuedonyms. However, when someone you don't know and have no reason to suspect tells you something that is very plausible, perhaps it's time to quit looking for the extreme possibilities and just accept that sobek is someone different from Fred. He may be a buddy of Fred's, but I think it's a different person.
One last thing, since we all know that Fred is like he is, and there is now ample evidence of his behaviors here for anyone to see, what benefit is there for continually posting more of the same? Maybe, if you two are that cranked up about the issue, this discussion would be better served by going at it via email? Just a thought.
You both know that I am no fan of Fred's. However, you are way of base if you think Wendy is anything other than honest in what she has posted, or if you suspect that she is working in Fred's corner out of some sense of deception. That is just not how Wendy works, based on my observations of her attitudes exhibited here for quite a while.
What she was pointing out was that, based on the information identifying sobek on the KS forums, the person posting in those situations described was on the East Coast, whereas Fred, was all the way across the country for all three of those days. Now, could he have used a laptop to post using a server that is based on the east coast? Sure, but just because that is a possibility, don't make the assumption that Wendy is being anything less than upright about her statements.
By the way, in medical school, they have a saying that goes something like this:
"If you hear hoofbeats, think horses, not zebras."
What that means is that, unlike the natural inclination of most medical students wanting to find a new and rare disease to name for themselves, good and sensical doctors look for the most common answer for the symptoms at hand. I would suggest that maybe you guys should do the same thing here.
Fred has gone over to the dark side. He uses psuedonyms. However, when someone you don't know and have no reason to suspect tells you something that is very plausible, perhaps it's time to quit looking for the extreme possibilities and just accept that sobek is someone different from Fred. He may be a buddy of Fred's, but I think it's a different person.
One last thing, since we all know that Fred is like he is, and there is now ample evidence of his behaviors here for anyone to see, what benefit is there for continually posting more of the same? Maybe, if you two are that cranked up about the issue, this discussion would be better served by going at it via email? Just a thought.
