RE: Ahmet Ertegun in coma

["Ron Koms" <ronkoms@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sorry my good friends at FBO for say this but,

Zeppelinite is just being Zeppelnite, a 100% complete asshole.  The list
will be Sooooo, much better without him....
God, man, just read the hate in most of his posts...  The dude has
issues....

Ron


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> From: owners-zeppelin@xxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:owners-zeppelin@xxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Zepplinite@xxxxxxx
> Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 2:44 PM
> To: tytlane@xxxxxxxxxxxx; zeppelin@xxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Ahmet Ertegun in coma
> 
> In a message dated 11/17/2006 7:23:46 AM Pacific Standard 
> Time, tytlane@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> -Sam,
> 
>   -You rant about about people's posts yet it seems like the 
> last few -from you have been completely off topic and now, 
> just downright offensive.
> -I think I echo others' sentiments when I say take your 
> pissed off -attitude and give it a rest.
> 
> -Nech
> I think you should let other's sentiments be expressed by 
> them. Offensive? If you're that thin skinned then I suppose 
> it could be. 
> 
> Also, I'm not sure who made you Nech, or anyone, the 
> moderator of this list. 
> Notice that I haven't had any rants on other people posting 
> off topic lately? 
> People got tired of hearing it so I stopped. 
> 
> For some reason me posting a few off topic posts in the last 
> few days is unacceptable but other people do it on a daily 
> basis and it's just peachy. That's why this list has been 
> going downhill for years now. I think I echo others' 
> sentiments when I say that people get tired of a small 
> handful of regulars posting and if you oppose their view then 
> to hell with you. Why do we have, what, over fifteen hundred 
> members, yet only four or five ever post?
> 
> Since it was brought up that my off topic posts are 
> unwelcome, let me then ask why my one or two off topic posts 
> lately aren't ok but in just the last day or two I can come 
> up with several examples from other people. 
> 
> -I will be watching with bated breath from Ann Arbor...may 
> the best team -win...
> 
> -GO BLUE!
> -Lisa
> (a post about a college football game, but that's just fine)
> 
> -Edible or not, I would eat those off of her. Even though her 
> feet -could use a little scrubbing.
>     -     Cosmic
> (a post about eating a womans pants off.. not offensive at all)
> 
> -OH man..Jeremy..roflmfao...you got me cracking up now...ok, 
> THAT  was a funny -comment.
> -I gotta keep this one...it's too funny. Maybe it's just  how 
> it struck me, -but I'm still laughing!!!!!
> -V
> (sorry Von but I'm trying to make a point)
> 
> So my making a crack about an old record executive, ask about 
> slide guitar tunings, ranted Paul off.. and that makes me the 
> bad guy that should just shut up for now. 
> 
> So what we're saying here is that you'd rather read email 
> after email that say nothing but "i agree" "thanks for the 
> link" "i did this and that at work today" "i drank a lot of 
> beer and listened to some zep", mixed in with the 
> informational and conversation worthy posts. But if Sam says 
> anything off topic or something with a little bite to it the 
> world comes to an end.
> 
> Although not expressly mentioned, you do have a good point. 
> My posts have been pointless and basically worthless for a 
> while now. Understood and point taken. But what about all the 
> other crap that floods this list every day. I can't imagine 
> the poor people on digest that have to read the same post 
> five times just because someone wanted to ad "thanks for the 
> link" on the bottom and "yeah.. thanks also for the link". 
> 
> And since I've come this far, can we all just get off the 
> damn PC kick for a bit. A man of Ahmet's age falling and 
> smacking his head, and going into a coma doesn't look good 
> does it? So I said he's probably gonna die. So what. It'll be 
> sad for his family and friends and people he's worked with 
> over his career. 
> Anyone's passing is something that should be respected and is 
> grief worthy. 
> However, no one on this list knows the man personally and to 
> take on this holier than thou attitude for saying kind words 
> about him is a bit too much. Every time someone even 
> associated with the band gets ill so many people jump at the 
> chance to post things like "get well soon Jimmy! We're 
> praying for you!". I think too many people have sat in front 
> of their computer for too long and have let the internet take 
> over their psyche. Just the basic idea of posting a personal 
> get well message to a person that will never read it, is 
> alone, bizarre. 
> It's like walking around a mall showing everyone a sign that 
> reads "get well soon grandma" while grandma sits in a 
> hospital room all alone. It makes you feel like a good person 
> but serves no other point.
> 
> Since most people have stopped reading by now I'm going to 
> stop wasting my time ranting. This month is my ten year 
> anniversary on this list. I have to say it's been one of the 
> highlights of my internet and music experience since. But I 
> think it's time to throw in the towell. There have been 
> plenty of good people here, and still are, but I'm getting 
> tired of the one day you make good points and good to hear 
> from you and the next.. shut up we don't want to hear your opinions. 
> 
> I can get every bit the same Zep news and information from 
> the top Zep sites, and do it without all the personal posts 
> about listening to zep at work.. or guess what my kid did 
> today.. or i just drank some beer and I'm gonna go drink some more.
> 
> And just for the record, Ahmet may very well die. Will the 
> sites and news agencies that report his death be considered 
> offensive for doing so? I mean really folks, I'm sorry I 
> cracked a bad joke about the man and said he'll probably die. 
> I just couldn't bring myself to feign conern over a man I've 
> never met and come up with some sugar coated get well 
> message. Honestly, how many of you lost sleep last night 
> worrying about whether Ahmet Ertegun was going to pull through or not?
> 
> Sorry for leaving on such a sour note after a decade but I 
> can't sit here and let myself get upset over critisizms from 
> people I've never met coming to me through email. It's just 
> the internet. It's just a band from the '70's that we 
> commonly enjoy. Nothing more. Some of you need to stop taking 
> everything so damn seriously. This list has lost regulars on 
> a consistent basis since I joined. Now all it is is a group 
> of four or five people having a daily bs session about their 
> personal lives and somehow manage to justify it by saying 
> that a zep song was on in the background or by saying that at 
> least one out of ten of their posts are informational.
> 
> It's really sad when my other music lists, like the Hendrix 
> one, are miles ahead of this one. People actually post about 
> music and keep their personal lives and "very cool, thanks 
> for the link!" posts out of the mix.
> 
> Goodnight, and good luck FBO. 
> Rev. Sam
> P.S. please don't waste any time on my account by slamming me 
> in personal email.. I just don't care anymore. My time on 
> earth is growing very short and I can't waste time getting 
> upset about people's bitchy emails. Feel free to trash me on 
> the list as you'd like. I'm sure it'll get a lot of "i was 
> listening to zep on my computer at work after having had 
> drank a beer and watched my little kid dance to the song and 
> laughed my ass off at your post so thank you for posting it" 
> responses anyway. 
> 
> 
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