Hello Tweeters Community,

I do not regret in any way shape or form privately emailing Mr. or Ms.
Gronseth to express my anger and disgust that he or she would use this forum
to spread a message about his or her political beliefs. Mr. or Ms.
Gronseth's email had absolutely nothing to do with natural history and
indeed did not even make sense in the context of Devorah Bennu's original
email. I do not regret the language that I used. I was extremely angry
that the list was violated. Indeed what this person did showed a complete
and total disregard of Tweeters guidelines and an utter and complete lack of
respect for this community. Indeed the list was violated.

I am stunned at the audacity that Mr. or Ms. T. Gronseth had in posting to
the entire goup the private email that I sent. I did what I was supposed to
do. I emailed the person privately and then emailed the listowner to
express my feelings that Mr. or Ms. Gronseth should be disciplined or at the
very least, warned. I did not in any way attempt to bring this matter into
the public arena.

Mr. or Ms. Gronseth has brought this upon himself or herself. There are
many public forums where this person's opinions can be aired but Tweeters
has very clearly never been a forum for this type of opinion.

I am sorry that the Tweeters community as a whole became involved in what I
considered to be a private matter. I am not sorry for the message that I
sent to Mr. or Ms. Gronseth or for the language that I used in expressing my
anger.

Thank you and Back to Birds and Other Animals.

With kind regards,
Ted Kenefick
Seattle
tgkenefick at msn.com