Matt Giwer wrote:
> 
> Xplo Eristotle wrote:
> 
> > To judge from the way Matt gets away with saying "if you don't like my
> > lousy netiquette, filter me", the owners of this server don't seem to
> > care.
> 
>         And IF the owners tell me about it, fine. Then I can choose to
> change or not to participate. That will be MY choice.

Or, to put it another way: "I'll continue to be a jackass, whether
anyone likes it or not, until someone forces me to stop."

> > I wonder if I could get Usenet posters to use this guy's email address
> > as spam bait. After all, if he doesn't want to receive all that spam, he
> > can just filter it.. no skin off his nose. :P
> 
>         Not that is an interesting threat and your email addr as
> instigtator is quite interesting. And your post is forwarded to
> your ISP.

Ooo, scary. Look, I'm SHAKING. Since I won't be sending the spam, you
can't do a damn thing about it, and neither can my ISP.. not unless they
want to get sued.

When all those pornsite spambots and internet travel agents and
gods-know-what-else come knocking on your emailbox - all through no
fault of my own, of course, since after all I don't actually KNOW any
spammers, only where to get their attention - just remember:

>         "Filter" is the power of any user.

and this:

>         Your choice is to filter or not to filter.

Isn't it ironic how you insist on forcing the rest of us to filter your
posts or read them as-is, essentially taking an "opt-out" position, and
yet when you're faced with the same exact prospect, you start tossing
around threats and insults? :P

There is an alternative, of course.. you could simply stop being a
jackass without having to have some kind of admin yell at you, and
convert your stupid VCard to a sig, or omit it. Then there would no
longer be any need for us to use spam as a bludgeoning instrument.

-Xplo

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