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Re: Ken McVay's favorite tune is _Thank Heaven for Little Boys_

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From: Slartibartfast
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 15:36
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> Hello, Alan.
>
> Ken McVay exists, but he's not a child molester. He is a fulltime
> debunker of Holocaust deniers, antisemites, neo-Nazis, etc. He
> maintains a massive Web site archiving that sort of material
> (http://www.nizkor.org/) and regularly posts on news groups to counter
> hate material.
>
> Lately, a few of the hate-mongers he debunks have been cross-posting
> slanderous material about McVay on a number of news groups. You have
> encountered one of them.
>
> McVay is also a Usenet/Internet libertarian, who argues there's no need
> to censor and that it's adequate simply to post accurate information to
> counter hate posts.
>
> The hate-mongers in question seized on a quote from him reported in the
> news media a few years ago to the effect that he didn't think most of
> what he had seen on the Web was child pornography. I've seen many of
> their posts here on British Columbia, Canada, news groups, where they
> often appear because McVay is from here.
>
> Anyhow, these posts have gradually evolved from accusing McVay of
> supporting child pornography to saying he's a child molester.
>
> None of it is true.
>
> Rest assured that while these guys might be slandering Texas, it is far
> from alone.
>
> Regards,
>
> bill


Very interesting, Bill.  Thanks.  He apparently is not a clown, but these
endless idiots have really taken the signal to noise (S/N) ratio of Usenet
to new lows.

I'll just killfile them, and won't feed the stupid trolls.

Thanks,

Alan
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