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Steel players do it without fretting

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The offending topic has been deleted. -b0b-

[This message was edited by b0b on 08 August 2006 at 08:43 PM.]

[This message was edited by b0b on 08 August 2006 at 08:31 PM.]

[This message was edited by basilh on 09 August 2006 at 04:18 AM.]

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Steel players do it without fretting

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FWIW I think the Dutch Steelies thread WAS quite informative and should have been closed NOT deleted, how can I defend myself against allegations that are no longer there to be viewed, and why should I have to ?

An interesting development happened here:

The attacker (Ron Steenwijk) accused Basil of putting up people's tracks without their knowledge or permission.

Here is what Ron Steenwijk said:

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"Right now you put up Henk Braaksma's cd.I know for a fact that you never asked him.He is a good friend of mine."

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Basil could not reply and defend himself, because the topic was blocked and deleted.

So I emailed Henk Braaksma and guess what:

Henk knows about the fact that his tracks are on Basils site.
Henk even gave me the link. (See his email in Dutch and English below).

So Ron Steenwijk deliberately broke the forum rules.

This viscious act should not be tolerated on the forum, however, the moderaters protected Ron Steenwijk.

To substantiate my claim:
Here is the email sent to me by Henk Braaksma in Dutch.
Below it you'll a translation in English.

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Aloha Peter,
Bedankt voor je mail.

Er zijn 2 Cd's van mij verschenen die ik allebei kan leveren.

De op het Forum vermeldde "Souvenir from Hawaii" (Dedicated to Rudi Wairata), 12 ooit door Rudi gespeelde stukken in zijn stijl. Deze kost € 7,50 (± $ 10.=) en de pas in 2004 uitgebracht CD "How d'ya do?", 16 stukken in Wairata en Hoopii stijl. Deze kost € 12.= (± $ 17.=) Dit is zónder de verzendkosten. Als je geïnteresseerd bent laat het dan even weten dan kan ik uitrekenen hoe hoog de verzendkosten zijn. Je moet dan wél een paar weken wachten want ik ga morgen met vakantie.

Een geluidsvoorbeeld van "Souvenir from Hawaii" kun je vinden op http://www.waikiki-islanders.com/assets/Souvenir%20from%20Hawaii/

In de bijlage vind je afbeeldingen van de Cd's
Hartelijke muzikale groeten van:
Henk Braaksma
(ik kwam jaarlijks in januari in Haarlem op het Hawaï-verjaardagsfeest van mijn goede vriend Gerard Dillen in de Paul Krugerstraat in Haarlem Noord. Nu helaas overleden)

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Aloha Peter,
Thank you for your email.
Two of my CD's have been issued and I can deliver both.

"Souvenir from Hawaii" (Dedicated to Rudi Wairata), 12 track played in Rudi's style, has been mentioned on the forum. This one costs € 7,50 (± $ 10.=) and "How d'ya do?", 16 tracks in Wairata and Hoopii style, which was issued in 2004. That one costs € 12.= (± $ 17.=). This excludes shipping. If you are interested, let me know so that I can calculate the shipping costs.
You'l have to wait a couple of weeks, because I am going on leave (holiday) tomorrow.

You can find soundsamples of "Souvenir from Hawaii" at this link: http://www.waikiki-islanders.com/assets/Souvenir%20from%20Hawaii/

I have attached the covers of the CD's.
Best Musical Regards
Henk Braaksma
(Every year I visited Haarlem in January to celebrate the Hawaii birthday of my good friend Gerard Dillen (now deceased) in Paul Kruger Street in Haarlem North)

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So Ron Steenwijk deliberately broke the forum rules.

Here is the rule Ron Steenwijk broke:

You agree, through your use of this service, that you will not post any material which is knowingly false, defamatory, libelous, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, racist or illegal.

We reserve the right to deny service to individuals that we deem disruptive, and to terminate the service at any time without notice.

[This message was edited by Peter on 11 August 2006 at 09:19 AM.]

Ron

[This message was edited by Ron Steenwijk on 11 August 2006 at 09:57 AM.]

The Hawaiian Steel Guitar Association has opened up a "Forum". http://steelguitarforum.com/Forum2/HTML/009614.html

Now Hawaiian discussions can hopefully be continued, unless Troll Steenwijk interferes again.

I respect that Ron has shown the restraint of not taking the bait, and respected our rules of no personal attacks.