Jaye Elke wrote:

We can find him! This has nothing to do with stalking either, as Blob has
alleged. This is so we can file a lawsuit against him for what he's done
to us and to our news group.

Blob's tenure on the news groups is coming to an end, but it's up to us
to do the necessary grunt work.

Well, would the two of you kindly take this to email?

First, there is nothing to document the location other than
semi-questionable posts. (I mean, really, why would he not troll other
venues?)

Second, all AOL connections are effectively proxied due to AOL's limited
number of addresses. The only thing which can be known of an AOL user is
that they utilize the services of the headquarters, which are mapped to a
company operating in -- strangely enough -- AOL's home base.

The clues he has given -- and even the "he" is open to speculation --
are neither more reliable nor more factual than anything else he posts.
That is a situation which should give one pause.

And, lastly, what would be the basis for any suit? Engaging in excessive
amounts of Free Speech? Good luck with that.

Stalking? We all are given the right to associate with whomever we please,
provided we're not committing fraud. The proving of such requires certain
facts to be established; Facts which are not present, nor which can be
proven beyond the shadow of a doubt. (And that is likely the standard
which will need to be proven, unless one or the other of you resides in
the same state as he.)

In short, the only option would be for libel; Which requires the
establishment of knowing and willful behavior. Now, honestly, who can say
that this dear ol' deluded fixture of the 'Net could be held to that
standard? Indeed, he has the ultimate "out": An established history.

Being an imbecile isn't illegal. Further, with killfiles, there is no
possible way to defend against the charge that one was actually *seeking*
interactions with him. (And, golly, what with the open "war" and all, he'd
clearly be able to avail himself of that stance; Thus he would be capable
of establishing any suits as the opposite of what you seek. Instead of him
being the offender, he could paint those who obsess over him as the
offender(s).)

He is an effectively anonymized troll. Treat him as such or prepare to be
painted like that yourselves.


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And the Thought of the Moment (TM) is:

The problem for the military is not that discipline will be undermined by
a sudden influx of stereotypically swishy gays. The problem is that the
military is still a largely unisexual institution, with all that that
implies about the possibility of homosexual encounters even among
otherwise straight men. The traditionalists keep bringing up the "crowded
showers," much like the dreaded unisex toilets of the ERA debate. But,
somewhere deep in the sexual imagination, one has to wonder: Why do they
have to have such crowded showers anyway?
-- "Time", May 10, 1993 v141 n19 p76 Title: The gap between gay and
straight. Author: Barbara Ehrenreich

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