🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <330EA4F1.31EE@infobahnos.com>, Robert J. Warren
<URL:mailto:padre@infobahnos.com> wrote:
> 
> When Ed Fultz wrote trying to calm Alan K. Baker down who was outraged
> over some pyramid scheme posted to a newsgroup, he said:
>  
> >> Other than being a slight nuisance why is everyone in such an uproar about
> >>this?  So you ignore the message and move on.  Big deal.  Am I missing
> >> something here?
> 
> Alan K. Baker offered the following reproach:
> 
> >Yes you are. I and many others have to pay for our leisure time,
> >which includes paying for 'phone calls. It doesn't take many spams to
> >start putting my bill up, even at 28.8. Also there's enough dross
> >in Usenet to filter out without adding to it.
> 
> When I started receiving a series of unsolicited sermons from the
> Seventh Day Adventist Church, however, I wrote to the other recipients
> and asked if any of them knew how I could get off the subscription
> list.  I guess one of the recipients is our own Alan K. Baker.   I got
> the following letter from Alan who had attempted (unsuccessfully) to
> send it through an anonymous emailer.  Mr Baker has obviously changed
> his tune somewhat with regard to the beneficial nature of spam.
> 
> further ascerbic comments follow the forwarded post
> 
> 
> -------fwd-----------------
> 
            [most of a probably forged posting snipped]
            
> PS glasscity.net are not responsible for this.........

Why bother posting anonymously if you're going to leave your name and email
address plastered all over the message?  Do you think anyone could be that
stupid?

> Alan seems to be quite the fruitcake.  Maybe we should all ditch our
> computers and try to get out a little more!  Is this catching?  Is this
> a 'call for help'?  A quick scan of other posts sent by Alan to groups
> such as alt.support.depression show a similar abusive tendency.  If
> someone actually knows this lad personally they might consider taking
> him out for a drink and talking some sense into him.

It is my firm belief that Alan is the victim of a spammers smear campain.
There have been a few spams recently that have said that any flaming will
result in their name being posted all over usenet and to a couple of thousand
people. Unfortunately this would appear to have been implemented to
devastating as a quick check on dejanews shows :(.

This sort of thing REALLY pisses me off and hopefully all the other people
who are happily persecuting an innocent man right now.

PS. I hope I'm not sticking my neck out here but I believe I'm right :).

-- 
Dave Roberts

Dave@pharpech.demon.co.uk
mrpdjro@leeds.ac.uk