🚀 go-pugleaf

Chris <chris@hetrodox.globalnet.co.uk> wrote in message
news:38046dec.29135504@news.global.net.uk...
> On Mon, 11 Oct 1999 16:33:24 +0200, "Els van der Veen" <eavdveen@wxs.nl>
> wrote:
>
> >What ARE you on about, Laura????
> > PS Sharon, please do not be put off by Laura; she is not
> >representative of this newsgroup, I am relieved to say!
> >
> >Els
>
> I'm sorry to say that I just tried to look at Sharon's site, and it
> 'appears' to have been closed down, so I can't comment on the content.

Well I didn't look so neither can I.  However, I can confirm the spamming
allegation.  Here are some of the newsgroups Sharon posted this message
to:

    alt.animals,alt.animals.breeders.rabbits,alt.animals.cat,
    alt.animals.dog,alt.animals.rabbit,alt.anybody,
    alt.ascii-art,alt.ascii-art.animation,alt.books

    alt.pets.cats,alt.pets.guinea-pigs,alt.pets.hamsters,
    alt.pets.mice,alt.pets.rabbits,aus.pets,fj.rec.pets,fj.rec.pets.aqua
    alt.pets.rabbits,rec.pets

    sg.general,soc.culture.singapore, sg.rec.music,sg.rec.tv,
    sg.research.general,sg.research.software,
    sg.singnet.announce,sg.singnet.help,sg.nyc.talkshop,
    sg.online-service,sg.pacnet.announce,sg.pacnet.help,
    sg.pacnet.web.announce,sg.pacnet.web.discuss,sg.rec.aquaria,
    sg.marketplace,sg.announce

Note that over half of them have absolutely nothing to do with pets
and even those that do comprise a list which some would consider
excessive.  Note also that some of the groups were hit twice, and
there is no record of a Sharon with that email address actually
participating in any of the groups.  Add it all up and you get an out
of control poster who was need of some "education".  You might not
agree that a site termination was appropriate, but that was of course
up to Sharon's website provider.  Laura only informed them.  Well,
she let loose with a fiesty post too (ahem) but we all get a little worked
up about things we care about from time to time.  I suspect she cares
a great deal about the usability of Usenet newsgroups.  As she was
100% correct about the spamming, lets cut her a little slack.  If she
wigs out again we can always *thwap* her ;)

> I did, however, look briefly at Laura's site.  There's an awful lot of hate
> and spite there, for a self-proclaimed animal lover.  I wonder who or what
> she takes it out on when she loses her temper?

Some people have strong feelings about deforestation of the Rain
Forest... or about polution... or about animals or whatever... and some
about keeping our email and newsgroups free from spam and easy to
use.  Just because someone gets riled up about a cause does not
mean they would lose their temper and take it out on their animal.  There
is no reason to suspect she isn't a loving, caring, bunny carer forer.

> (And I wonder what Amazon's lawyers might make of the accusations on her
> home page...)

Its pretty hard to keep up with everything that's happening in the world
so I don't fault you for this.  But the fact of the matter is there have been
numerous instances of spam and/or privacy problems involving Amazon.
If you are good at searching for information on the net you should be
able to find the info to back it up.