Beating Larry Stimely at his own game
PFRE...@fair1.fairfield.edu
Jeff,
Perhaps this is so obvious that you have already done this, but why don't you
send copies of his unsolicited mail to AOL with a complaint cover letter? He
threatens doing the same to you, when he is really the one guilty of unsolicited
mail--heck, harassment, as he is participating in this forum solely for the
purpose of threatening you, with no pretense of serious discussion. This
gentleman (insert sarcastic "ahem") is going into YOUR neighborhood to tell you
to stay out of HIS! Helloooo, Larry---time to turn the lightbulb on.
AOL should be more than happy to send him a warning, after all, they would be
out of business with their charge-by-the-minute rate (rather, OVERcharge) if
it weren't for all those chat rooms full of gay men running up their bills.
Paul Freibott
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From: IN%"je...@aa.net" 23-JUL-1996 18:33:57.63
To: IN%"LSti...@Compucom.com"
CC:
Subj: Another Hate Letter From Larry Stimely
Remember Larry Stimely, the crackpot who sent me an unsolicited hate-e-mail
response to an article I published, informing me that gay Americans are
unwelcome in America's suburbs?
Well, he's back with another hate letter that is equally bizarre. This time
Stimley writes that if I post this, his latest and decidedly more personal
threat, he will seek revenge. So here it is, Larry Stimley's latest
incoherent lambaste of gay America mixed with impotent personal threats, a
sort of high tech equivalent of sitting on his front porch and shaking his
fist at passing cars.
I have suppressed the names on my mailing lists so that this avenging
net-loon won't have access to the list, but I feel certain he would really
enjoy your individual comments. This poor old guy must be desperate for
attention. If Larry Stimley truly doesn't want his unsolicited threatening
letters posted, all he has to do is stop sending them to me.
Larry Stimely <LSti...@Compucom.com> wrote:
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>Date: Tue, 23 Jul 1996 13:26:25 -0500
>From: Larry Stimely <LSti...@Compucom.com>
>To: je...@aa.net
>Subject: Re: Garrulous Gingrich -Reply
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>** For Your Eyes Only **
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>Jeff,
>
>First of all, you should know that cross-posting a response to private
>email is against commonly accepted Internet practices and could result
>in loss of access to the Net, or (if your access to the Net is tied to
>your job or academic activity, such as graduate school) disciplinary
>activity from your systems people. I've been getting large numbers of
>unsolicited responses from America Online, and have notified AOL
>of your action--if you have an AOL account, they'll be sending you a
>warning very shortly.
>
>These tactics are typical of what one might expect from a gay rights
>evangelist--it's almost as if they're teaching this stuff in a gymnasium
>somewhere, sending freshly washed young faces into the world to
>proclaim the moral solvency and societal relevancy of open
>homosexuality among middle class Americans. It won't work--I know
>who you are, what you're doing and where you're going. I don't
>yet know who your postmaster is, but I'll find out. I fondly remember
>writing editorials for my college newspaper at Akron, in which we beat
>Michael Belusko so thoroughly to the point that he might have thought
>himself to be a stepchild. He left the university (and left Akron) because
>of us, and now you're my next target--unless you leave me alone.
>
>I strongly suggest that you cease and desist these actions. You don't
>want to mess with me. I rarely forgive, and certainly never forget.
>
>LS
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