[wplug] OT -- Hoax Information Websites

Duncan Hutty dhutty+wplug at ece.cmu.edu
Wed Apr 20 12:28:06 EDT 2005


On 04/20/2005 10:31 AM, Bill Moran wrote:
> Keep in mind that this went out to 30 people or so.  One or two emailed
> me back, congratulating me on having the balls to tell these people off
> (they were sick of the emails as well).  But a lot more emailed me back
> to tell me what a jerk I was for being so mean, including the person who
> had forwarded the hoax.  In each case, I replied to additional emails with
> more rants, more accusations of stupidity, and I contintued to include
> everyone on the replies.  Over the course of about a month, we had a
> small, private flame war.  During this time, I _did_ complain to several
> ISPs about some of the people, although I doubt that accomplished anything.

Is it possible you're both a hero and a jerk?
I think so and that's good. Want a drink?

-- 
Duncan Hutty


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