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Re: Alt.Net user destroying newsgroup - 1607 messages in three days...

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From: snicker
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 00:00
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sam-001@dpinc.ml.org wrote: 

> In article <757pdd$i647@www1.siast.sk.ca>,
> 	"John DeJong" <netbastard@usa.net> writes:
> 
> > On RSPW since Sunday, there have been 1607 messages posted through alt.net
> > from a bot named Owen.  At least 45 people have written to alt.net, and
> > have received no response.  Alt.Net has a long-standing tradition of not
> > caring about net.abuse, preferring instead to unjustly cloak such nonsense
> > in the sacred garment of Freedom Of Speech, using this as an excuse to let
> > the enjoyment of thousands of Usenet readers be ruined for their unruly
> > kids.
> 
> Please contact your ISP and ask them to reconfigure their news servers to
> drop all Usenet traffic from news.alt.net, just like many other ISPs who
> have already done so.  The resulting improvement in the quality of your
> newsfeed is quite dramatic.  If your ISP declines to do so, change your
> account to an ISP that does.

**** BEGIN SAM PARODY/IMITATION *****

some_guy wrote

>Sam didn't really write

>>some_guy wrote:

>>> Does anyone know the best filtration system for a 20 gallon tank? I 
>>> plan to keep about a dozen small tropical fish inside. Thanks in 
>>> advance.

>>Well, I would suggest the AQUINATOR. Not only is it fairy inexpensive 
>>for the output, but it's kept my small collection alive for months 
>>depite previous problems. I suspect the noise frequency is resposible. 
>>I've always known Chris Caputo has been sneaking into my house at night
>>and overfeeding the darn things, but this new filter seems to have 
>>discouraged him. I was surprised, as he is perhaps the most evil man 
>>alive, and tenacious in his spread of anarchy and pain, but the fish 
>>seem to be thriving now. Of course, he still attempts to harm me 
>>through Altopia, slowly and inevitably turning Usenet into what I like 
>>to call "Caputo's stinky sewer of bad things". I know the safety of my 
>>fish is making him crazy, and he still stalks about my house at night 
>>in frustration, but I still can't get any help from the cops. They 
>>insist there's absolutely no evidence of any wrongdoing, but I know 
>>they're in on it too, protecting him, giving him SHELTER. The bastards 
>>probably laugh at ME back at the old CLUBHOUSE. But I WILL WIN. JUST 
>>LIKE the fish, I'll have him. I'll get Altopia UDP'd any day now. You 
>>just WAIT. I've already submitted my proposal to STOP TRAFFIC from 
>>driving WITHIN A 1 MILE RADIUS OF THE ALTOPIA OFFICES. Soom it'll ALL 
>>BE OVER. I'll get HIM EVICTED, and PAY FOR THE DEMOLITION of the 
>>OFFICES MYSELF! Those FUCKS will PAY DEARLY FOR WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO 
>>ME. and as SOON AS ALTOPIA IS SHUT DOWN, you'll see the DIFFERENCE. 
>>IT'LL BE A BRAND NEW WORLD, DEVOID OF PAIN, DISEASE, DEATH. AND I'LL BE 
>>KING! DO YOU HEAR ME YOU SONS OF BITCHES?!?! I'LL BE A GODDAMN HERO! 
>>THEY'LL CARRY ME DOWN FSCKING WALL STREET!!!! PARADES!!!! MEDALS!!!! 
>>THAT GIRL WHO LAUGHED IN MY FACE SOPHMORE YEAR!!!! THEY'LL ALL PAY! 
>>UTOPIA!!! AND HE'LL NEVER GET AT MY GOD-DAMN-FUCKING FISH AGAIN!!!!!!!!

>Uh...what? I don't understand. What did Altopia do to you?

OH, SO YOU'RE IN ON IT TOO HUH? SCREW YOU! I DON'T HAVE TO GIVE YOU ANY 
GODDAMN PROOF!!!!!!! AND STAY AWAY FROM MY FISH YOU BASTARD!!!!!

**** END SAM IMITATION/PARODY ****
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From: snicker@snicker.ha
Subject: Re: Alt.Net user destroying newsgroup - 1607 messages in three days...
Date: 1998/12/16
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