This apology was actually offered to David Crooke earlier via e-mail but he didn’t accept it. I post it here publicly in the hopes that every party involved stand back, take a deep breath and understand that it was NEVER my intention to hurt Mr. Crooke’s reputation and to better clarify in the public’s mind that what I posted earlier was an opinion, a conjecture and was not stated fact. So here it goes:
“The post I made regarding David Crooke’s termination of employment with Convio was pure conjecture, a mere opinion on my part. If anyone took it as a statement of fact, that wasn’t my intent, and I apologize to Mr. Crooke for any ramifications concerning that post.”
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Alan,
It’s actually “Dr.” David Crooke, not “Mr.” Dr. Crooke holds a Ph.D in parallel software engineering from the University of Edinburgh.
Allan isn’t being disrespectful. In American English, we typically do not use the word “Doctor” as a form of address for people who have doctorates outside the medical profession. For example, I have a doctorate in religion, and on the rare occasion someone uses “Doctor” to address me it sounds so strange I always correct it.
For a longer and rather wry explanation, check out the entry for “Doctor” in The Columbia Guide to Standard American English.
Ugh…The silliness of all this will become evident in less than a week and MISTER Crooke will probably come to the realization that he horribly overreacted.
Of course that’s just my OPINION – I could be wrong.