The following text was attached to this month's S.F.LIFE newsletter and I
am posting it with the permission of the author.  It confirms the
observation that many have made that uncontrollable urges to threaten and
intimidate seem to correlate with a high consumption of fruit.  We all can
get a little cranky when our blood sugar gets low but here we are obviously
seeing an example of the far more severe condition - "fruitus  intimidatus
vulgarius" aka "mad fruit disease".  As a precautionary measure I think
that we would all be well advised to keep a low profile around people
inflicted with this condition, like Tom did.

Best, Peter

PS.  The word VERY in the second paragraph appeared underlined in lower
case but since  I do not know how to do that, I wrote it in all caps.

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Dear S.F.LIFE,

I was a volunteer at last month's expo.  It was a success, there were lots
of people, and all the hard work that Rose Lee did, paid off.  In between
helping out Rose Lee, I went over and spent some time with the S.F.LIFE
table, talking with Dorleen Tong.  In our conversation, she informed me
that David Wolf (Nature's First Law) had put pressure on Rose Lee to not
have Tom Billings appear at the Expo.  David said, according to Dorleen,
that if Tom Billings showed up, then "he couldn't guarantee his safety."
Apparently, when Rose Lee heard of this possible problem, she decided to
ask Tom not to appear at the Expo.

Hearing that such a threatening comment was made, it prompted me to want to
speak with the person (David) who made it.  When I got a chance to talk to
David, he said that he had talked to Rose Lee and told her that there might
be trouble if Tom came.  In a loud and angry voice he said to me that if
Tom Billings shows up, they would go outside and settle this once and for
all.  Because he was so upset and there were other people around, I decided
to leave and let him cool off.  I approached him again a little later. He
had cooled down, but it was still apparent that he was very upset with the
possibility of Tom showing up at the Expo.  He said that Tom Billings was
trying to put him out of business.  He continued to make a lot of VERY
threatening comments towards Tom.

I didn't like the fact that David was making violent threats against Tom
and not allowing him to be here.  I really don't understand the whole story
because I haven't heard both sides, but I certainly don't like hearing
threatening remarks against anyone. The implications of David's remarks are
quite serious and I would like to hear an apology from him or at least a
change of attitude concerning this potentially violent situation.

Sincerely,

Rowland Morin