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From: toolittletoolate@poo.com

Tim Adams wrote:

> In article <412258b7$0$205$75868355@news.frii.net>,
>  Elizabot  wrote:
>
>
>>Or so he claims...
>>
>>Rick wrote:
>>
>>>In article ,
>>> Snit  wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>"Rick"  wrote in Rick-2790D9.10001617082004@news.telus.net on
>>>>8/17/04 10:00 AM:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>In article ,
>>>>>Snit  wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>>Well, I chose this/that group partially because of its traffic. I'm
>>>>>>>getting no more than what I came to see.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>True... csma would be a bit boring without at least some of the
>>>>>>fighting...
>>>>>>I think you would be hard pressed to find any regular who is not
>>>>>>currently
>>>>>>or has not recently been in what is ... essentially... a meaningless
>>>>>>fight
>>>>>>that *nobody* cares about.  Well... on reflection, I think some people do
>>>>>>care about it... and they either seem to get truly upset or do things
>>>>>>that
>>>>>>are just absurd like threaten to send garbage to someone's employer or
>>>>>>even
>>>>>>call the police and make false allegations.
>>>>>
>>>>>OK, I may regret this, but what the hell was this dustup all about?
>>>>>(Short version if possible - I've read lots of allegations)
>>>>
>>>>dustup?
>>>>
>>>>If you mean the pushing things into the "real" world... I blamed Elizabot
>>>>of
>>>>being obsessive over me... somewhat to irk her and somewhat because almost
>>>>all of her posts *are* about me (I showed stats that is was, I believe 98%,
>>>>and she came back that it was only 96% or something silly like that).
>>>>Well,
>>>>she decided that this constituted a risk, so she hunted down my home city
>>>>(not hard to do) and threatened to call the police because show though I
>>>>was
>>>>close to crossing some line...
>>>
>>>
>>>show though == she thought?
>>>
>>>
>>>>This was a serious enough threat where I did go to the police... and talked
>>>>to her local police and her ISP (her ISP got me in contact with her local
>>>>police department).  I filed a complaint, but made it clear I was not
>>>>looking to press charges unless she carried out her threats.
>>>>
>>>>I would like to think she is just joking... but you never know online.  In
>>>>my view that really is the only thing I have ever seen in csma to cross any
>>>>line of what is reasonable in an advocacy group.
>>>>
>>>>Since then she has also suggested she would like to see someone send her
>>>>claims to my employer... and has done the research to track that down as
>>>>well... not real hard but certainly a bit odd.  She has continued to make a
>>>>few other similar threats.
>>>>
>>>>When I say I see her as a potential danger I am neither joking nor
>>>>exaggerating.  If I ever see her make similar threats to anyone else I will
>>>>be happy to share my experiences in more detail and to provide the person
>>>>with the names of the officers I have spoken to and the case numbers so
>>>>they
>>>>can reference them if they need to defend themselves against her or wish to
>>>>press charges against her.
>>>
>>>
>>>OK, now, since she's over here. I'd like to ask Elizabot to put forward
>>>her account. Your account seems reasonable.
>>
>>This is the first that I've heard that he actually contacted my local
>>police and that he filed a complaint. I have never contacted the police,
>>although I did threaten to *if he crossed the line*. Snit gets so wound
>>up that I thought he might take the flame war into the real world.
>>
>>Apparently I was right to presume so because he has.
>>
>>In a post that I wrote to counter a bunch of his accusations and lies
>>about me, I wrote "You are very near to crossing the line. I will not
>>hesitate to contact the Prescott Police Department if you do. And that's
>>a promise." That's what set Snit off.
>>
>>Apparently the police told Snit that I was not someone he should be
>>talking to, but you see, Snit still does, so I can't believe he is
>>serious about any of this.
>>
>>Snit has used this whole incident as an excuse to harass me further.
>>Like with you, Rick, for instance. He tried with another poster too. I
>>find Snit thouroughly reprehensible and believe he deserves any
>>discomfort I serve him. He absolutely thrives on this stuff! It stirs up
>>his pathetic and otherwise dull life.
>>
>>Your volley, Snit. Make it a good one this time.
>
>
> Yet snit claimed you contacted them first. Even spent a couple of days
> arguing the point with me.

LOL. I remember that! I never contacted them. I mentioned possibly
contacting them first.

--
"You see, my invisible green dragon tells me that God is real, and is
even a pretty nice guy, but can not hold his liquor well."
- Snit (aka §¼¡Ý) on 4/27/04

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