re:Tokaimura

["Robert M. Beinstein" <r.beinstein@snet.net>]

Thanks, Kim, from a normally silent Radsafe reader, for speaking my mind.
That comment was beyond the pale.  I am hard to offend, but that one did it.
There is no excuse...

I speak only for myself, not my firm...

Thanks,

Bob Beinstein
Cabrera Services, Inc.
rbeinstein@cabreraservices.com
860-289-1885 (office)
860-289-2261 (fax)

-----Original Message-----
From: Kim Merritt <merritt9@llnl.gov>
To: Multiple recipients of list <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
Date: Tuesday, December 07, 1999 5:53 PM
Subject: Re: Tokaimura


>>         Tosh,
>>
>>         As you know, it's the "squeaky wheel" that gets lubed.  Franz is
>>abrasively vocal enough that most people recoil with distaste from his
>>tirades instead of stepping forward to hell him that he's being an ass.
>>
>>         Franz, the USA runs (for the most part) as a democracy.  If you
>>don't want to read Tosh's  updates, exercise your "rights" from afar and
>>push the "trash" button on your browser.  Don't try and follow your former
>>countryman's footsteps and bully the rest of the world into submission...
>>
>>         Just my 2 cents...
>>
>>         Joel Baumbaugh (baumbaug@nosc.mil)
>>         SSC-SD
>>
>>
>
>Joel,  While I think that many of us would disagree with Franz's desire to
>discontinue the updates, I also think that it is inappropriate to even
>vaguely insinuate that Franz is conducting himself in any manner like his
>"former countryman".  Disagree with him, as I do on this issue, but don't
>slander him!  Labelling Franz this way only proves that he is not the ass.
>
>One of the beauties of this list server is the diversity of people on it,
>one of the drawbacks is the language barrier associated with the diversity.
>One of the traits of German speaking peoples is directness, as my
>experiences of the last two summers with exchange students has shown me.
>Once you come to understand that they may not be trying to be abrasive it
>doesn't grate on you as much.
>
>Tosh,  I would appreciate some sort of update on the patients.   Perhaps
>less often or only if there is some significant change.  I think it has
>some significant value and appreciate the time that you have spent on it.
>
>
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