GRRR!
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Gads...
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 23:10:01 -0500
From: Nhanyanyja Thuthunha Jumangku
To: John Corbitt
CC: Patricia Fisher
Overreact much?
So I got this forwarded email from my mother, now I'm going
to reply
line-by-freakin'-line, okay?
~
Patty, This is serious. If I don't get a reply in 24 hours,
and Matt doesn't
formally and publicly try to repair the damage he has
done, I will take
legal and civil action against him.
~
Okay, first of all, I DIDN'T SEND YOU ANY MAIL! Got that?
Good. I
also didn't sign you up for any subscriptions, got that?
What I did do, is make fun of your freaking out. And yes, I
did the
wink and nudge thing when I posted on the SDMB-- I was
hoping folks
there would enjoy the story. If you have viewed the entire
thread
there, you will be aware that it was closed by an
administrator shortly
after my SECOND post. Here is is, in case you missed it:
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&postid=2021018#post2021018
~
He's an adult. It's time he realized he isn't immune to the
results of his
actions.
~
I took credit for a minor act of harassment, and I seem to
have stepped
on your balls in the process. I regret this.
~
I'm sorry that this situation has come up, but I didn't
create it. He did,
and he's admitted it in print. He claims to be so superior,
so much smarter
than anyone else ... especially stupid me. I sent you the
message he posted.
~
I did not admit it. I implied it-- see the difference? And
where did
this whole superior, smarter, stupid thing come from? I
actually
thought of you as one of the folks around here who really
had a clue.
Until this.
~
It's time to pay the piper, privately or publicly. I don't
want your dad
and friends to read about what a jerk your son is, but it
will come to that
if he doesn't try to make it right.
~
If you mean that you expect the Monitor to print some sort
of editorial
rant, I can't wait. I vote for publicity.
~
I imagined evil big business ... it never occurred to me
that
I knew someone
who was that twisted and evil.
~
Cool. I never knew that I was "twisted and evil." If some
extra mail
is as close as you have come to "twisted and evil", you
should be very
thankful. It's called perspective-- get some, okay?
~
Tell him to fix this mess and prove to me that he has done
so, and I'll drop
it. Otherwise, people are going to be hurt, and I'm sorry,
but I didn't
start this.
~
I didn't start it, so why should I fix it? You COULD just
write
"cancel" on the invoices like everyone else does, but maybe
that's too
much for you... Lemmie see. It might take up to a minute
to do that on
each invoice, times (what? 10? 20?) let us say 15... Oh,
and stamps.
Can't forget those. So you are out maybe $20~30, if your
personal time
is worth $60 an hour. Yep, sue me for $30 and lose...
Sorry, I was going to be civil, but around here you start
ranting,
making threats, and generally pissing me off. Exactly who
is going to
be hurt? Besides your making an ass of yourself, I mean.
~
And, since I've gotten the very real feeling that he has a
violent streak,
warn him against anything like that. I'm better trained than
he is and I'd
hate for it to come to that.
~
Dude, when I get mad, I send email. That's how violent I
am. Stop
posing.
~
I think you should get him professional psychological help.
This is not
adult behavior.
~
Neither is your response. Put that glass down, sober up for
a bit, and
maybe then we might chat like rational adults.
~
Oh, in case he lost count, add Coastal Living to that list
of magazines that
think I've requested a subscription.
~
I didn't even know "Coastal Living" existed until now.
Giving me the
benefit of a doubt, can't you see that if I WAS going to do
such a
thing, I would have set you up with tons of NAMBLA shit?
~
I expect a phone call confirming Matt's concessions. Let's
not make this
more public.
~
Again, why should I apologize for something I did not do? I
mocked
you. Fine. You work in media, you should be able to handle
critics by
now. If you feel like retracting some of your more
offensive
statements, feel free... I don't expect a call, but here's
my number
anyways: (956)343-8183.
Now, would you kindly BACK OFF?
~
Sincerely,
John M. Corbitt
~
Annoyed,
Matthew P. Fisher
Subject: Gads...
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 23:10:01 -0500
From: Nhanyanyja Thuthunha Jumangku
To: John Corbitt
CC: Patricia Fisher
Overreact much?
So I got this forwarded email from my mother, now I'm going
to reply
line-by-freakin'-line, okay?
~
Patty, This is serious. If I don't get a reply in 24 hours,
and Matt doesn't
formally and publicly try to repair the damage he has
done, I will take
legal and civil action against him.
~
Okay, first of all, I DIDN'T SEND YOU ANY MAIL! Got that?
Good. I
also didn't sign you up for any subscriptions, got that?
What I did do, is make fun of your freaking out. And yes, I
did the
wink and nudge thing when I posted on the SDMB-- I was
hoping folks
there would enjoy the story. If you have viewed the entire
thread
there, you will be aware that it was closed by an
administrator shortly
after my SECOND post. Here is is, in case you missed it:
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&postid=2021018#post2021018
~
He's an adult. It's time he realized he isn't immune to the
results of his
actions.
~
I took credit for a minor act of harassment, and I seem to
have stepped
on your balls in the process. I regret this.
~
I'm sorry that this situation has come up, but I didn't
create it. He did,
and he's admitted it in print. He claims to be so superior,
so much smarter
than anyone else ... especially stupid me. I sent you the
message he posted.
~
I did not admit it. I implied it-- see the difference? And
where did
this whole superior, smarter, stupid thing come from? I
actually
thought of you as one of the folks around here who really
had a clue.
Until this.
~
It's time to pay the piper, privately or publicly. I don't
want your dad
and friends to read about what a jerk your son is, but it
will come to that
if he doesn't try to make it right.
~
If you mean that you expect the Monitor to print some sort
of editorial
rant, I can't wait. I vote for publicity.
~
I imagined evil big business ... it never occurred to me
that
I knew someone
who was that twisted and evil.
~
Cool. I never knew that I was "twisted and evil." If some
extra mail
is as close as you have come to "twisted and evil", you
should be very
thankful. It's called perspective-- get some, okay?
~
Tell him to fix this mess and prove to me that he has done
so, and I'll drop
it. Otherwise, people are going to be hurt, and I'm sorry,
but I didn't
start this.
~
I didn't start it, so why should I fix it? You COULD just
write
"cancel" on the invoices like everyone else does, but maybe
that's too
much for you... Lemmie see. It might take up to a minute
to do that on
each invoice, times (what? 10? 20?) let us say 15... Oh,
and stamps.
Can't forget those. So you are out maybe $20~30, if your
personal time
is worth $60 an hour. Yep, sue me for $30 and lose...
Sorry, I was going to be civil, but around here you start
ranting,
making threats, and generally pissing me off. Exactly who
is going to
be hurt? Besides your making an ass of yourself, I mean.
~
And, since I've gotten the very real feeling that he has a
violent streak,
warn him against anything like that. I'm better trained than
he is and I'd
hate for it to come to that.
~
Dude, when I get mad, I send email. That's how violent I
am. Stop
posing.
~
I think you should get him professional psychological help.
This is not
adult behavior.
~
Neither is your response. Put that glass down, sober up for
a bit, and
maybe then we might chat like rational adults.
~
Oh, in case he lost count, add Coastal Living to that list
of magazines that
think I've requested a subscription.
~
I didn't even know "Coastal Living" existed until now.
Giving me the
benefit of a doubt, can't you see that if I WAS going to do
such a
thing, I would have set you up with tons of NAMBLA shit?
~
I expect a phone call confirming Matt's concessions. Let's
not make this
more public.
~
Again, why should I apologize for something I did not do? I
mocked
you. Fine. You work in media, you should be able to handle
critics by
now. If you feel like retracting some of your more
offensive
statements, feel free... I don't expect a call, but here's
my number
anyways: (956)343-8183.
Now, would you kindly BACK OFF?
~
Sincerely,
John M. Corbitt
~
Annoyed,
Matthew P. Fisher