From: Rick@dot.dot
In article ,
Snit wrote:
> "Rick" wrote in Rick-2790D9.10001617082004@news.telus.net on
> 8/17/04 10:00 AM:
>
> > In article ,
> > Snit wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Well, I chose this/that group partially because of its traffic. I'm
> >>> getting no more than what I came to see.
> >>
> >> True... csma would be a bit boring without at least some of the
fighting...
> >> I think you would be hard pressed to find any regular who is not currently
> >> or has not recently been in what is ... essentially... a meaningless fight
> >> that *nobody* cares about. Well... on reflection, I think some people do
> >> care about it... and they either seem to get truly upset or do things that
> >> are just absurd like threaten to send garbage to someone's employer or
even
> >> call the police and make false allegations.
> >
> > OK, I may regret this, but what the hell was this dustup all about?
> > (Short version if possible - I've read lots of allegations)
>
> dustup?
>
> If you mean the pushing things into the "real" world... I blamed Elizabot of
> being obsessive over me... somewhat to irk her and somewhat because almost
> all of her posts *are* about me (I showed stats that is was, I believe 98%,
> and she came back that it was only 96% or something silly like that). Well,
> she decided that this constituted a risk, so she hunted down my home city
> (not hard to do) and threatened to call the police because show though I was
> close to crossing some line...
show though == she thought?
>
> This was a serious enough threat where I did go to the police... and talked
> to her local police and her ISP (her ISP got me in contact with her local
> police department). I filed a complaint, but made it clear I was not
> looking to press charges unless she carried out her threats.
>
> I would like to think she is just joking... but you never know online. In
> my view that really is the only thing I have ever seen in csma to cross any
> line of what is reasonable in an advocacy group.
>
> Since then she has also suggested she would like to see someone send her
> claims to my employer... and has done the research to track that down as
> well... not real hard but certainly a bit odd. She has continued to make a
> few other similar threats.
>
> When I say I see her as a potential danger I am neither joking nor
> exaggerating. If I ever see her make similar threats to anyone else I will
> be happy to share my experiences in more detail and to provide the person
> with the names of the officers I have spoken to and the case numbers so they
> can reference them if they need to defend themselves against her or wish to
> press charges against her.
OK, now, since she's over here. I'd like to ask Elizabot to put forward
her account. Your account seems reasonable.
> >>
> >> Wonder if all the csma folks were to meet in person if they would all
enjoy
> >> a few beers and laugh over the absurdity of it all.
> >
> > Well, there is so much of the brain devoted to facial recognition, all
> > of which is rendered useless through text. The best we have are those
> > silly emoticons, which don't even come close to expressing the
> > subtleties necessary in conversation.
>
> Agreed. (:*])
> >>
> >> Or maybe they would just argue what the sum of two and two is. :)
> >
> > Honestly, I've done the same at times. It's often fun. 2 + 2 = 11.
> > V pbhag va onfr guerr
>
> Zhpu yvxr gur fxl vf abg oyhr zbfg bs gur gvzr.
No, it's not. Based on my ISP, you probably know about where I live. I
can certainly vouch for white and black - blue - well, we hear about it
from outsiders... ;)
Seriously, the last few years have been worrisome - hot and dry in the
summers, more extreme weather in general. Something is happening on a
global scale, and I don't think it's going to be good...
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Rick...
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