From: Ant McWatt (antmcwatt@hotmail.co.uk)
Date: Sat Aug 27 2005 - 16:50:09 BST
“Bahn” stated on August 23rd:
“Pray tell Anthony... DMB...or anyone else. Is the back patting still going
on? Was the conference still a success in light of this hoax.”
Ant McWatt comments:
Firstly, it’s nice to receive an e-mail from you which doesn’t contain an
expletive at every second or third word. Yes, the back patting is still
going on and we are looking forward very much to developing the MOQ in the
future and to organising the next Conference.
Secondly, let’s get some issues straight here. Anyone invited to the July
Conference (and remember this included “dissenters” such as Ham Priday, Matt
Kundert, Scott Roberts and Sam Norton) was free to present a paper of
whatever viewpoint they wanted. I only proof read the Loggins paper for
grammar and phrasing. I had to trust contributors with the content in the
interests of free speech and because of time restraints (for instance, I had
to organise, amongst other things, hiring rooms for the lectures and the
social events, the catering facilities, the IT equipment, photocopying, the
documentary film crew, a boat cruise, the invitations, the conference
papers, chairing the conference as well as accommodation – which I vetted
beforehand - for a number of attendees). If someone wanted to abuse my
trust by sending in a hoax paper that largely appealed to mine and David
Boyce’s sympathy because of the author’s supposed disabilities then that
really is sad. By the way, as David had to read it out, the paper was
further edited by him to remove the more sycophantic and over the top
remarks so don’t assume that any of the Conference attendees was fooled by
the paper as it appears on your website/s. It was never presented in that
form.
Thirdly, David Boyce spent many hours practising reading out the paper and
Mark Maxwell drove sixty miles on a round trip to David’s house to deliver
some “last minute” changes that “Richard Loggins” requested on the Sunday
evening before the Conference week. Mark is presently driving his mother to
and from hospital three times a week so he could certainly do without any
unnecessary driving. David and Mark at least deserve an apology from
Hellier and Bradford though - as far as I can see at the moment - the latter
still haven’t appreciated how much time and hard work that they wasted by
people who certainly had no argument with them. Mind you, of course, that’s
typical behaviour of self-centred immature people. See Reasons 6 and 2 of
Mark Heyman’s summary below:
10 Reasons Why People Pretend To Be Someone They're Not
#10) Their mommies told them that who they are is worthless, and
their mommies were right.
#9) As children playing hide-and-seek they were always "It," and when
the counting was done everyone else had run off to play football.
#8) They look in the mirror in the morning and see the back of
someone else's head, but go ahead and shave anyway.
#7) Pondering the question "To be or not to be" always involves a
third, less frightening option.
#6) Lying, crying and whining are much easier, and far less
embarrassing.
#5) As kids at Halloween everyone but them had Super Hero costumes.
#4) When in bed, an ear folded against the pillow, the whooshing
sound of their own blood reminds them of winds echoing through vast
empty spaces. With good reason.
#3) As themselves they charge $200 an hour for guitar lessons, but as
someone else they are actually able to find people willing to pay $10
an hour for guitar lessons.
#2) Left to their own devices they are, sadly, left to their own
devices.
And the number one reason why People Pretend To Be Someone They're
Not:
#1)
They are intellectual limp-dicks!
.
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