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From: paul meaney <paul.meaney@molecular-medicine.oxford.ac.uk>
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Subject: An Apology
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	To all on Britdisc,

	I would like to publicly apologise to all who read the shameful
and childish exchange between myself and Mr Thopmson yesterday (thursday
20th March, 1998). As DoC I should expect criticisms and should, as
someone in a position of responsibility, respond to them objectively and
maturely.

	I felt however that Mr Thopmsons comments were directed at me
personally and were malicious, arrogant and insulting, especially when
posted to  a public forum such as Britdisc and not sent as a private mail.
I felt that such comments crossed the line of public debate and became
simply slanderous.

	Mr Thopmson questioned my ability to run the National Outdoor
Finals. I wish to point out that Simon Hill is the *official* Director of
Competitions and as such will be either co- ordinating or running the
outdoor Championships. I am simply the *acting* Indoor DoC for this year.

	I wish also to publicly apologise to Mr Thompson for the personal
mail I sent him yesterday, which was gratuitous and offensive, but was
personal and not directed at him in public. I do not apologise, however,
to Mr Thompson for any comments I made about him yesterday on BritDisc. I
have never been a top level player for the degree of time that Mr Thompson
has, but I have been a spectator for over nine years, so I have a pretty
good idea of what I am talking about

	Again I wish to apologise to all. I should not have been provoked
in this way. Certainly by someone who is not attending the
championships, as his team did not wish to qualify, but also by someone
who has no vested interest in the way British Indoor Ultimate is
organised, as his team have stated, on this forum and in other ways, their
contempt for the indoor game.

	To all attending Edinburgh, a safe journey.

		Sincerely,

		Paul Meaney,

			Acting Indoor Director of Competitions


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