SUBJECT>Re: From a new post... POSTER>Koala EMAIL>turtel@juno.com DATE>July 07, 1997 at 07:08:09 EMAILNOTICES>no PREVIOUS>2528 NEXT>2536 LINKNAME> LINKURL>


> they're only machines, but the facts are what they are.

Yes, and the fact is that you appear to have been out of the loop with the Probes for so long you have absolutely no appreciation for what they truly are.

If you are going to disparage the Probes, maybe you aught not to claim a seat on the Welcome Wagon. We want to encourage new MARSupials to be fully active members, not unsure entrants into an arena where the supposed organizer thinks less of the primary Mars-based participants than those whose ranks they are about to join.

So far, the only references we have of you from the Probes are complaints that you are not nice and are sometimes hurtful. You have posted here so infrequently that we cannot get a feel for who you are and how your basic personality fits into this picture.

Maybe you are simply so scared for your life that everything you say to or in conjunction with the Probes appears caustic. That would be understandable from our point of view, although it is still harmful to the Probes. Maybe there are far more sinister underpinnings here and you are actually a danger to our mission in which case we will have to reevaluate your value to this project and consider the ramifications of your continued role in the venture.

With nothing to go on about you, the speculation (as you can see) can run the entire length of the spectrum. Comments such as that which I quoted above, lend creadence to the latter. We would all prefer the truth to be more of the former. How about helping us out here by reintroducing yourself to us, telling us what you have been up to with the probes, explaining your lack of understanding of the relationships the MARSupials and the Probes have established, and why we should trust you anymore.

Koala, Captain, Team Andrew