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From: jbalan@shaw.ca
is there any way to block this BS
wrote in message news:m07072021062770@4ax.com...
>
> Chris Tarrant - 10/March/1999
>
> Certainty level: 25%
>
> This one might be aimed at me, or it might be tinged with a whiff of
> intent, although I only give one chance in four for Tarrant's thoughts
> being aimed
> at me when he said this. During his "Who wants to be a Millionaire" TV
> show in March 1999, he said;
>
> if you're watching the show jumping up and down screaming at the telly,
> remember you could be here. You can either seek professional help or call
> us...
>
> The background is as follows. In early March I'd sent a quantity of emails
> to Capital FM, the London radio station where Mr Tarrant has his breakfast
> show. They were addressed to the email account which Mr Tarrant used to
> read emails posted on Capital's website. Capital objected to the quantity
> of emails - in fact, they contacted the Metropolitan Police's Computer
> Crime unit, who, in turn, "felt my collar" by giving me a verbal warning
> over the phone to cease this behaviour.
>
> The emails contained the words which I had heard Mr Tarrant speak in early
> 1994, namely;
>
> "You know this bloke? He says we're trying to kill him.
> We should be done for attempted manslaughter".
>
> At the time of writing (May 1999), the Police have not told me what aspect
> of the emails was "illegal", nor despite my repeated urging have they
> questioned Mr Tarrant about his remarks from 1994.
>
> Regarding the clip from Tarrant's show above. The Police spoke to me on
> the afternoon of Wednesday 10 March 1999. Tarrant's live show went out
> that same evening. The Police have told me that after speaking to me they
> told Capital FM that they'd spoken to me regarding the emails. So Tarrant
> would have known by the time of the show who'd sent the emails and why....
> and it's quite possible that his remarks about "seeking professional help"
> were aimed at me personally following my attempts to persuade him to own
> up to his 1994 remarks.
>
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