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this business of mike cochran belongs on rec.scuba (maybe mike belongs there as well). This subject brings techdiver to a new low. On Tue, 2 Jul 1996, Reef Fish wrote: > Date: Tue, 02 Jul 96 17:59 EDT > From: Reef Fish <RFLNG@CL*.ED*> > To: techdiver@terra.net > Subject: Mike Cochran's impertinence > > On Tue, 2 Jul 1996 04:14:12 -7000 (PDT), Mike Cochran <mcochran@ne*.co*> > posted a piece of complete impertinence under the SUBJECT: "2nd Message > C.J. & legal correction." > > > Mike Cochran has again joined the long parade of incompetent fools in his > company in the latest exhibit of his MODUS OPERANDI -- ad hominem attack > on customers/critics instead of removing the DEFECTS in Cochran products > which they disclosed! Mike attacks even when the thread was NOT about > Cochran or Cochran products, when he THOUGHT he had an excuse to do so. > > > In this particular instance, Mike Cochran's audacity and bad manners have > been exceeded by his excess in bad taste and absence of Netiquette & ethics. > Mike, you've just made a DAMN FOOL of yourself (again!) because: > > > 1. Look at the SUBJECT. It's about Chuck Jone's 2nd Message and related > legal matters in the Chuu Ha archeological incident! It's NOT about > any odious Cochran tin boxes, products, or about Mike Cochran! > > > 2. What you have posted is from my PRIVATE EMAIL to your imbecile friend > (and shill) Jim Cobb, who posted it! And used it as an excuse to > call you a "saint." Mike Cochran, you are a BIGGER SWINE than Cobb! > It's bad enough that Jim Cobb can't read and knows nothing about the > Usenet Guidelines or the ethics of not posting PRIVATE email without > the writer's permission, Mike Cochran is DUMB enough to think he can > parlay that to his advantage. > > > 3. Mike, don't flatter yourself that you are important to anyone enough > for me to pick on YOU. Read my PRIVATE EMAIL passage under (4). > Don't you think that could have been a perfectly valid PUBLIC posting > for me to make in response to Cobb instead of mailing it to him in EMAIL? > > You and your company are HISTORY in my book, and those of many others. > Anyone interested in any of the Cochran's shameful past can look up > the archives, and JUDGE FOR THEMSELVES. Perhaps Cochran just wants > to start a new chapter of his shameful present. Go for it, Mike. > > > 4. There's nothing wrong with the passage Mike chose to use EXCEPT: > > (a) It was in a PRIVATE EMAIL to Mike's imbecile friend Jim Cobb. > > (b) I am quite capable of POSTING the same. But I didn't. > > (c) Mike, this was the COMPLETE paragraph in the EMAIL Jim Cobb > posted! Don't quote it out of context by chopping out the most > pertinent parts: > > >>Yeah, I was the CONSUMER ADVOCATE who exposed Cochran's Nemesis-Pro as > >>a piece of unsafe and useless tin-box; exposed Cochran himself and the > >>WetOne as PUBLIC LIARS (without ANY denials from them on specific lies > >>charged); and drove them off the net for posting thinly-disguised ads. > >>What more do you want? I did get some help from Carl Heinzl and a few > >>others in exposing Cochran and his company for what they are though. > > and it was my response to Jim Cobb's worthless comment in the Jones thread, > > JC> Say, aren't you that MANIAC on rec.scuba who has spent half his life > JC> railing against Cochran dive computers? > > > 5. Mike, I hope your posting has earned you a few new, admiring customers > for your mahvelous products! You are such a SAINT! > > -- Bob. > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@terra.net'. > Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@terra.net'. >
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