tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post5755240779635777554..comments2024-01-04T07:21:18.243-05:00Comments on John In Carolina: INNOCENT: The N&O’s “Duke deal” storyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-61612413547853957372007-06-21T19:56:00.000-04:002007-06-21T19:56:00.000-04:00John, I commented about the Chronicle message boar...John, <BR/><BR/>I commented about the Chronicle message board. Since you said you really hadn't looked, I checked. That thread ended up with 100 comments but about half were from your "fan." <BR/><BR/>On an entirely different thread about Paula Mclain, posters have taken to task the "child" who is mad at you for spamming the board and being a pot banger. Then they have an amusing exchange about pot bangers and the term.<BR/><BR/>"Hell hath no fury like a scorned potbanger." Her pots must look like "crushed autos at the junkyard." "You could start the Baja Marimba Pot Bangin' Band. I love the distinctive Durham potbangin' sound!" Suggestions for a camp for young aspiring potbangers, a pot distributor or recycling center in Durham, etc.<BR/><BR/>So see, I'm not the only one who thinks this angry little soul is at least worth a laugh. <BR/><BR/>That's why I read that message board, there are some clever people over there.<BR/><BR/>Like the poster who titled their post about one of Nifong's resignations, "Et tu, Brodhead?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-63104185679361786122007-06-21T18:42:00.000-04:002007-06-21T18:42:00.000-04:00from 8:00 a.m.So sorry, rich, white, upset was fro...from 8:00 a.m.<BR/>So sorry, rich, white, upset was from the main stream media as a spoof; the comment about suing, was as serious as a heart attack!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-33596858103774190552007-06-21T16:27:00.000-04:002007-06-21T16:27:00.000-04:00John, you've been one of the real stars in bringin...John, you've been one of the real stars in bringing out the truth throughout this ordeal. Thank you, and please keep up the great work.--Bob Hyde, Duke '67Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-63161824703659432102007-06-21T15:44:00.000-04:002007-06-21T15:44:00.000-04:00To Anon @ 3:04,You say; "8:00a.m. stated 44 famili...To Anon @ 3:04,<BR/><BR/>You say; "8:00a.m. stated 44 families have not settled, and some of them may sue, why would you erase this?"<BR/><BR/>If that's what Anon @ 8:00 a.m. had actually stated I wouldn't have deleted the comment.<BR/><BR/>But troll used shout caps to say the 44 families would sue because the are RICH (very few of them are; they include parents who are school teachers, firefighters, etc), WHITE (only 43 families are; one is African-American. In any case given what the players and families have been through what kind of a person would say they would sue because they are WHITE?)and UPSET (in the context following RICH and WHITE shouts troll was using UPSET as a mock).<BR/><BR/>I hope that clears things up.<BR/><BR/>JohnJWMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08275423713054782480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-75080078608847081752007-06-21T15:34:00.000-04:002007-06-21T15:34:00.000-04:00To HB,Your point about headlines is not trite but ...To HB,<BR/><BR/>Your point about headlines is not trite but the heads I referred to were in both N&O’s online and its West print edition.<BR/><BR/>Yes, the reporters really tipped their hands with “vitriolic.” <BR/><BR/>Talk about singing from the company songbook.<BR/><BR/>To Anon @ 7:25,<BR/><BR/>Thank you<BR/> <BR/>To Anon @ 7:42,<BR/><BR/>Do they ever need to go. I hope soon to write systematically about what I think Duke needs to do to make necessary changes.<BR/><BR/>To Anon @ 10:02,<BR/><BR/>I’ve left your comment: <BR/><BR/>"John,<BR/><BR/>This was a big day for you. Three comments. Good job. It looks like your audience is growing. Usually, you get somewhere between zero and two comments. Do you give each of your grandchildren a dollar to post a comment?"<BR/><BR/> up so people can get an idea of what a troll like you is like. <BR/><BR/>I deleted your other comment further down the thread because it was so vicious an attack on other people. <BR/><BR/>You must be living a very unfulfilled life to be trolling when there’s so much worthwhile people can do.<BR/><BR/>To Anon @ 10:26, <BR/><BR/>You ask concerning Anon 10:02: "Is the nasty troll someone connected to a newspaper?"<BR/><BR/>I don’t know. <BR/><BR/>Trolls usually bring their anger to a blog and what they spew frequently doesn’t have much to do with the blogger or the blog where they spew.<BR/><BR/>It has to do with what they already were before they came to blogs.<BR/><BR/>To Anon @ 10:29, <BR/><BR/>Thanks for your nice words. I do plan to keep the pressure up. <BR/><BR/>To Anon @ 10:36,<BR/><BR/>When I think of Fleet I usually think of Navy friends or Churchill who was twice Lord of the Admiralty.<BR/><BR/>But there is that other Fleet. I just hope for the troll that everything comes out all right in the end.<BR/><BR/>Anon @ 11:57, <BR/><BR/>Troll dragging in my grandchildren tells us all about the kind of person troll is.<BR/><BR/>To HB @ 1:09,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the offer to help. But I’d rather, in most cases, use the delete button and not do a lot of explaining. <BR/><BR/>The comments I’m making here are something of an exception I don’t plan on repeating but I want up because I’ll soon be talking to some folks about blogging and this thread and the comments already deleted will be useful material.<BR/><BR/>To Anon @ 2:32,<BR/><BR/>I’ve only looked at the Chron. once. My guess is it probably helps this blog a little but not much.<BR/><BR/>To notanon @ 3:22 <BR/><BR/>Thank you for your nice words. <BR/><BR/>Yes, the N&O story was terrible; and, yes, I think Duke settled so quickly because it knew how vulnerable it was. <BR/><BR/>To Brant Jones @ 7;55, <BR/><BR/>Curious, indeed. An excellent point.<BR/><BR/>Anon @ 2:16,<BR/><BR/>Indeed <BR/> <BR/>Anon @ 2:18,<BR/><BR/>They do and they will.<BR/><BR/>Best to you all,<BR/><BR/>JohnJWMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08275423713054782480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-16760362768893855732007-06-21T15:04:00.000-04:002007-06-21T15:04:00.000-04:008:00a.m. stated 44 families have not settled, and ...8:00a.m. stated 44 families have not settled, and some of them may sue, why would you erase this?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-59730434370730343292007-06-21T14:18:00.000-04:002007-06-21T14:18:00.000-04:00Duke and the Duke88 ". . . don't need no stinking ...Duke and the Duke88 ". . . don't need no stinking lawyers."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-71781725483482938622007-06-21T14:16:00.000-04:002007-06-21T14:16:00.000-04:00These Duke Group88 people are an abomination perio...These Duke Group88 people are an abomination period. To them, everyone else is some sort of low brow fascist Neanderthal, but not them. They are above it all. They are above the law, responsibility, or good common sense. Ugh!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-12578692265910218422007-06-21T07:55:00.000-04:002007-06-21T07:55:00.000-04:00It is curious that Duke sought legal protection fo...It is curious that Duke sought legal protection for the G88 after denying it to the lax 3.<BR/><BR/><BR/> Brant JonesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-25497352588541360332007-06-21T03:32:00.000-04:002007-06-21T03:32:00.000-04:00Thank you, JiC. The story that went up (and then ...Thank you, JiC. The story that went up (and then almost immediately was pulled) from the N&O homepage made me ILL. <BR/><BR/>This "deal" only confirms that Brodhead, the BOT, Burness, and the 88/89 knew there was liability.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-11215803829336324012007-06-21T02:32:00.000-04:002007-06-21T02:32:00.000-04:00I don't comment at the Chronicle message board sin...I don't comment at the Chronicle message board since I have no connection to Duke but I read it and I must say, this JiC obsessed fan is actually pretty funny. Nuts but funny. I bet a lot of new people found JiC because of that thread he/she/it kept bumping with the same inane comments.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-35359579357349391522007-06-21T01:09:00.000-04:002007-06-21T01:09:00.000-04:0010:02 is probably the same supercilious ninny who ...10:02 is probably the same supercilious ninny who decided that because John runs his blog as he pleases, he must therefore be savaged on the Chronicle threads. <BR/><BR/>10:02, if you wish, you may direct your simple-minded comments to me, for I have no qualms about rolling about in the mephitic ooze of anonymous blog commentary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-61693851867557997712007-06-20T23:57:00.000-04:002007-06-20T23:57:00.000-04:00Anon -I suspect JinC's grandchildren are too well ...Anon -<BR/><BR/>I suspect JinC's grandchildren are too well behaved to be some of these commentors.<BR/><BR/>And they're probably smart enough to comment more if paid a buck each.<BR/><BR/>-ACAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-2883717226122468592007-06-20T22:36:00.000-04:002007-06-20T22:36:00.000-04:00Anon 10:02Lay off John.He's not perfect but he doe...Anon 10:02<BR/><BR/>Lay off John.<BR/><BR/>He's not perfect but he does a good job.<BR/><BR/>You seem very cranky and uptight.<BR/><BR/>Did you forget to take your enema today.<BR/><BR/>E. Z. FleetAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-9143858352021719262007-06-20T22:29:00.000-04:002007-06-20T22:29:00.000-04:00Re: Anon 10:02John,Keep up the pressure on the New...Re: Anon 10:02<BR/><BR/>John,<BR/><BR/>Keep up the pressure on the News and Disturber. It is getting to them. I love it!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-46925423797517635472007-06-20T22:26:00.000-04:002007-06-20T22:26:00.000-04:00Is the nasty troll someone connected to a newspape...Is the nasty troll someone connected to a newspaper?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-74873272928659926762007-06-20T22:02:00.000-04:002007-06-20T22:02:00.000-04:00John,This was a big day for you. Three comments. ...John,<BR/><BR/>This was a big day for you. Three comments. Good job. It looks like your audience is growing. Usually, you get somewhere between zero and two comments. Do you give each of your grandchildren a dollar to post a comment?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-51700744549669041862007-06-20T19:42:00.000-04:002007-06-20T19:42:00.000-04:00Let's hope that the other families stay after the ...Let's hope that the other families stay after the truth in their own court cases. That's the only way Duke will have to answer for their wrongs. And, maybe then daylight will shine on Brodhead and others where they cannot hide. They need to go.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-60093926906320850152007-06-20T19:25:00.000-04:002007-06-20T19:25:00.000-04:00Thank you John for the latest.Here is a road map t...Thank you John for the latest.<BR/><BR/>Here is a road map to who-is-who among the group of 88.<BR/><A HREF="http://z10.invisionfree.com/FODU_Open_Board/index.php?showtopic=4" REL="nofollow">Duke group of 88</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-77870969361693663842007-06-20T18:43:00.000-04:002007-06-20T18:43:00.000-04:00JWM,I have not seen the print version of the paper...JWM,<BR/><BR/>I have not seen the print version of the paper, but my experience tells me that the "Duke deal shields faculty" could (and I emphasize could) be due to space concerns. It sounds trite, but headline writing is not as simple as it sounds, and there are space restrictions that copy editors must take into account. Now as for the online version, space is obviously not a concern, but most papers try to keep the print and online versions consistent.<BR/><BR/>I too was amused at the "vitriolic" line, yet another ambiguous repeat of the threats the 88 are supposed to have received, and yet, no one can seem to provide even the simplest detail.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com