Manhattan: I understand your counter offer and as everyone knows the likes of what is about to transpire is something that has probably never been seen on the internet because people do not take personal responsibility for their actions. I am a libertarian and I take very serious the consequences for every action of mine. This is a concept that is rare in today’s world in the “face to face” making it so rare as to be completely unheard of on the Internet. All I can say to that is we are in sad shape.
Let me tell you why I believe your counter is illegitimate. Yes, your first post made certain allusions to splitting up the money. You stated it was a proposal. What was my response? I did not agree to it. But then you “shot off your mouth” (a reference I made to myself in my letter to Manny) and negated the whole thing.
Quote: manhattan Member posted 01-14-2000 05:50 PM
“And cagey bee, tell Phaedrus he owes me ten grand.”
Quote: manhattan Member posted 01-14-2000 10:01 PM
“So where’s my 10 Grand?”
Not one but two slips of the tongue. I made just one and I consider it binding, you should do the same. Since I am the one paying the money I would have to agree to the terms. I never agreed to your terms. You made an allusion to some terms and then turned quickly around and negated them claiming all the money for yourself.
Further in the thread you started you made your offer to others because you believed I wouldn’t pay you. Now you know you were wrong (or you will when you get the money). I am going to pay you, you and ONLY you.
I have been trying to leave here but things keep happening that seem to prolong it. I am asking everyone to do all that they can to send me on my way. I want to leave and I don’t want this to become some interminable argument quibbling over the details of our business transaction.
I sent you an e-mail today and after that you posted here so I assume you got it. In case you didn’t here it is.
"Dear mahattan,
As you know if you have been following the thread you started, it has become uglier than even I could imagine. Yet, I offered the money and you did the work so YOU get the prize. Many on the board do not understand me and you know, at’s cool. But I was not kidding about the offer and I am trying feverishly to make one last post and then leave. In that last post will be instructions as to how you can obtain your “prize”. I am not a wealthy man but I will give you the money. I was too hasty and shot my mouth off when I should have kept quiet, oh well, live and learn. I will include the instructions publicly so that others will know that I was not lying and that I am a man of my word. The instructions will be simple and will not include anything unreasonable on your part. I will not set up all kinds of hoops for you to jump through. This is not some kind of game for me and I consider the net to be more real than the face to face world. Read the thread, “Internet Intoxication” to see what I am talking about. Three or four posts down is mine.
It is sad that this came to such a pass, but then I am unfamiliar with much that goes on in the net and message boards in particular.
Please respond to this if you are really interested in the money. If you don’t I will mention that in the last post and make the offer one last time.
Yours Sincerely,
Ken Beacon"
A note: Monday was the jury selection and we got stuck with the “jury from Hell”! A bunch of Neo-nazi’s to try a man who committed no crime and may spend years in prison for being at the wrong place at the wrong time. I am nervous about all of it. Tomorrow is the trial and I will be in PA tomorrow and perhaps Thurs. if it takes longer than usual.
Ken
