[or-roots] Recap of recent events

[CKlooster at aol.com]

Okay...this started with a flurry of e-mails from the same address all  
demanding that the list cease sending e-mail to that address and stating that  the 
incoming e-mail had been blocked..  A number of list subscribers  responded 
with information on how to unsubscribe.  This apparently enraged  the 
individual, who continued to flood our inboxes with responses that  were childish in 
their rudeness.  The writer engaged in name calling and  taunts.  Such actions 
are considered to be spamming and flaming...either  are usually enough to get 
you bounced off lists.  ISP's will close the  accounts of individuals who behave 
this way. The response from the list  members was pretty restrained and 
mostly laced with humor.  After the  initial attempts to help resolve the 
subscription issue were met with such  unwarranted rudeness, the unspoken consensus of 
the group seemed to be to ignore  him.  But the flood of rude e-mails 
continued, finally culminating in the  five sent by Shirlee Johnson.
 
If these e-mails actually came from a man who died of an aneurysm, that may  
explain the nature of his actions and his inappropriate hostility toward this  
group.  Decreased blood supply to the brain or pressure from a ballooning  
artery might be responsible for irrational behavior.  
 
This doesn't explain the irrational behavior of the few members of this  list 
who have now decided to castigate everyone on the list.  They can't  have 
been paying attention to this issue from the beginning or they would know  that 
the harassment came from the intruder, not from the list members. I  have 
little patience with the sanctimonious drivel of "nancydean" and now  "madrake"; 
particularly since it is so far off the mark.
 
CB
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