Re: Ping: Petem

[Frank Olson <use_the_email_links@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

mleuck wrote:
> On Jan 5, 6:14 pm, Frank Olson
> <use_the_email_li...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> mleuck wrote:
>>> On Jan 5, 12:15 am, Frank Olson
>>> <use_the_email_li...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> JoeRaisin wrote:
>>>>> Petem wrote:
>>>>>> "Robert L Bass" <nore...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit dans le message de
>>>>>> groupe de discussion : saydnSyDs7GgOd_WnZ2dnUVZ_v2dn...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>> "petem" wrote:
>>>>>>>> I said that , since my mom got the same illness
>>>>>>>> then bAss, and that since he is such a jerk, and
>>>>>>>> that my Mom being a real good person, it would
>>>>>>>> be fucking unfair in this world to have this pos survive while she
>>>>>>>> died...
>>>>>>> You are angry because your Mom, who was probably a wonderful perosn
>>>>>>> (no sarcasm, I'm sure she was great) passed away and you're afraid
>>>>>>> that I will live.  Well, be at peace, Pete.  All my doctors and even
>>>>>>> the oncology and hospice staff say the same thing. I'm dying.  They
>>>>>>> guess about 3 more months minimum now but they keep extending that.
>>>>>>> They're probably right in the long run.  The tumors are spreading to
>>>>>>> new areas and the ones I already have are growing.
>>>>>>> I could go on like this for some time it seems.  No one is sure
>>>>>>> because practically no one (not sure if there is one person or no one
>>>>>>> at this point) with this type of metastasis has lived this long
>>>>>>> before.  I'm not looking for pity.  I just want to make peace with
>>>>>>> those around me.  If it makes you feel better to keep on hating me
>>>>>>> for some imagined slight, so be it.  That's on your head -- not mine.
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>> Robert
>>>>>> hey fatso,, well used to be fatso.. I dont care about you.
>>>>>> You are a jerk, been a jerk all your life and now you want to be
>>>>>> friend with every one.. If you would have been at least a good fellow
>>>>>> a few years before your illness you would have all my support, but
>>>>>> your attitude is the one of Scrooge ,seing that he will die a
>>>>>> miserable one he start being a good fellow.
>>>>>> thats fucking hypocite and I am not one like that.. I am direct and
>>>>>> thats simple, you were, you are still a fucking jerk and an hypocrite,
>>>>>> and thats it.. live and die with it.
>>>>> The story of Scrooge is one of a bad person seeing the error of his
>>>>> ways, making amends and living out the rest of his years as a better
>>>>> person.
>>>>> If you believe that people are only what they used to be and cannot
>>>>> change then that is more on you than on the other person.
>>>>> I don't believe it is hypocritical to try being a better person
>>>>> regardless of the impetus, if the change comes from the heart - which I
>>>>> believe to be the case here.
>>>>> Now me - I'm still a miserable, cynical bastard who is also simple and
>>>>> direct.  So I call 'em like I see 'em.  Sometimes my vision is 20/20,
>>>>> sometimes not.
>>>>> I'm not trying to start crap, I just believe that people can have an
>>>>> honest change of heart, for lesser reasons than Robert has.
>>>> Well said Joe.  I know times are tough (for you) and they're probably
>>>> going to get "tougher" (starting a new business isn't easy).  There is a
>>>> light at the end of the tunnel though.  You just have to make sure you
>>>> have enough spare batteries for your flashlight to make it to the other
>>>> side (it also helps to have friends to light your way)...  :-)
>>> Jeez Frank you could have used a better metaphor than lights at the
>>> end of tunnels
>> Nah...
>
> Here's a different take Frank
>
> Why did he pick petem? He's not really said a lot against RLB
>
> Why not Doug?
> Alarman?
> Me?
>
> No he picks an occasional poster, a minor character, out of the blue,
> in a new thread, in a very visible new thread. petem isn't falling for
> it
>
> If Robert REALLY wants to make peace then he can go away.


 From everything he's said, that's exactly what's going to happen.
He'll "go away" in a few months.  But before he does I want him to know
that he's forgiven and that I don't bear him ill will.  Whether Pete,
you, Jack, or Doug reciprocate is of no consequence to either him, me,
or anyone else here.  I just know how *I* feel about it and I'm happy to
have made the choice that's more in keeping with my personal values and
beliefs.  Robert and I have frequently been at "loggerheads", and for
what?  So the "noise" can continue?  Many of us have been caught up in
this battle and all of the issues (past and some of the present) seem
"petty" in light of what Robert's going through today.  I wouldn't want
to wish that on anyone.

He's made peace with me and I see no point in either promoting or
fostering further animosity.

Leonard Nimoy said it best (in his role as Mr. Spock on Star Trek):
"Live long and prosper".  That wish goes out to all of you.