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<DIV><EM><FONT face=Verdana size=3>I say Amen to this. And the rudeness
may have come from a physical problem, but there was no way for anyone of us to
know that.</FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM><FONT face=Verdana size=3>Verdena</FONT></EM></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=CKlooster@aol.com
href="mailto:CKlooster@aol.com">CKlooster@aol.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us
href="mailto:or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us">or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, August 01, 2004 8:55
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [or-roots] Recap of recent
events</DIV>
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<DIV>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.</DIV>
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<DIV>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. </DIV>
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<DIV>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.</DIV>
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