Censorhappy MFN.org syadmin files "spam" complaint

[J.A. Terranson]

On Fri, 30 Mar 2001, Declan McCullagh wrote:

> The correct and accurate chronology is here:
> http://www.politechbot.com/p-01870.html

The *chronology* was never in question Declan: why the straw?
 
> The message you sent to UUNET complaining about my alleged spam is below. 

Yes. The exact same message I just cited.

> In your most recent response, you wrote:
> "*NOWHERE* in the below complaint will you see *ANY* proof of your 
> assertion that I "asked them to take action against *me* [McCullagh]".
> 
> To the contrary, in the below spam complaint sent to UUNET 

Using YOUR OWN copy of this complaint, go LOOK at it Declan.  It was sent
to BROADWING.NET.  That's  B-R-O-A-D-W-I-N-G.N-E-T.  It was sent to
broadwing and *CC'd* to UUnet.  This message is *obviously* aimed at
broadwing's subscriber.  And again, using *your* copy of the message, show
us where I brand *YOU* as the downstream spammer.  Or even "The
Idjit" himself for that matter!  Since I thought the message I was
forwarding had only The Idjit's scrawl, there was no *reason* to actually
*point out* anyone in particular - you have CHOSEN to paint this the way
you WANT to paint this, for whatever reason(s) you have.  It must make for
good copy, huh?

> you brand me a 
> "downstream spammer"

While I have never "branded [you] a downstream spammer", I *am* now
branding you a liar and an irresponsible, unethical, and untrustworthy
writer with an attitude problem and an ego problem.


> and ask them to "please muzzle this idjit..."

And you know what?  After all this bullshit from you, I *still* don't
think you're in need of "muzzling".  Killfiling yes, but nothing more.
 
> I admit I may have been a little hasty in saying you were "censorhappy." 
> "Apparently censorhappy" would have been better. But it is incorrect to say 
> that I tried to attack you in my writeup. My full message is 5,202 
> characters; the paragraph dealing with you was 338 characters. (Granted, 
> you could snip headers, but the calculation would be similar.)

Playing with numbers now that playing with words has backfired?  

I am not going to play the game with you anymore: you have shown me, the
list, and everyone who ever runs across this thread in a web search what
*really* happened.  All the smoke, mirrors, and outright *bullshit* can't
change that Declan.

> It would have been trivial to write an article that *was* aimed at you. I 
> could have said:
> >If there's one thing J.A. Terranson hates more than spam, it's a spammer. 
> >With the regularity of a metronome and the cool calculation of a viper, 
> >the vigilante sysadmin regularly reports spammers to their upstream providers.
> >But Terranson's singleminded focus on spam has had one side effect: The 
> >gradual but inevitable erosion of any sense of humor about the topic.
> >When I posted a message to cypherpunks...
> 
> But I didn't write that.

No, however you *did* clearly imply it.  And again, that was NOT THE
POINT.  The POINT is that you specifically used your "column" as a vehicle
for revenge and not for Truth, and you did it consciously, and with
malice.  The POINT is that when you were called on it you weren't man
enough to admit your mistakes, instead, you made a lot of noise  and tried
a lot of things to distract the world from your folly.  The POINT is that
you have not just sullied *your own* reputation with this infantile
bullshit, the POINT is that you have, by extension, sullied every magazine
that elects to give you a public voice.

You have failed to serve Truth.  

THAT is the point.

> -Declan

Yours,

J.A. Terranson
sysadmin at mfn.org
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> 
> 
>  > > Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0103291257260.10465-110000 at greeves.mfn.org>
>  > > Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 12:58:07 -0600 (CST)
>  > > From: "J.A. Terranson" <measl at mfn.org>
>  > > To: abuse at broadwing.net
>  > > cc: abuse at uu.net
>  > > Subject: Your downstream spammer...
>  > >
>  > >
>  > > Please muzzle this idjit...
>  > >
>  > > --
>  > > Yours,
>  > > J.A. Terranson
>  > > sysadmin at mfn.org
>  > >
> [signature snipped for brevity, full message available on request]
>  > > Return-Path: <owner-cypherpunks-outgoing at ssz.com>
>  > > Received: from einstein.ssz.com (einstein.ssz.com [204.96.2.99])
>  > > by cliff.mfn.org (8.11.1/8.9.3) with ESMTP id f2TG9Ej09880
>  > > for <measl at mfn.org>; Thu, 29 Mar 2001 10:09:14 -0600 (CST)
>  > > (envelope-from owner-cypherpunks-outgoing at ssz.com)
>  > > Received: (from mdom at localhost)
>  > > by einstein.ssz.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA18391
>  > > for cypherpunks-outgoing; Thu, 29 Mar 2001 10:14:05 -0600
>  > > Received: from cluebot.com ([216.110.36.217])
>  > > by einstein.ssz.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA18387
>  > > for <cypherpunks at einstein.ssz.com>; Thu, 29 Mar 2001 10:14:02 -0600
>  > > Received: by cluebot.com (Postfix, from userid 502)
>  > > id D39A9104F1; Thu, 29 Mar 2001 10:42:29 -0500 (EST)
>  > > Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 10:42:29 -0500
>  > > From: Declan McCullagh <declan at well.com>
>  > > To: Ganesh Acharya <GaneshA at icode.com>
>  > > Cc: cypherpunks at einstein.ssz.com
>  > > Subject: Re: CDR: Required- Direct e-mail(Bulk) service
>  > > X-News-Site: http://www.wired.com/
>  > > X-URL: http://www.mccullagh.org/
>  > > Sender: owner-cypherpunks at ssz.com
>  > > Precedence: bulk
>  > > Reply-To: cypherpunks at ssz.com
>  > > X-Mailing-List: cypherpunks at ssz.com
>  > > X-Unsubscription-Info: http://einstein.ssz.com/cdr
>  > > X-List-Admin: list at ssz.com
>  > > X-Loop: ssz.com
>  > > X-Acceptable-Languages: English, Russian, German, French, Spanish
>  > >
>  > >
>  > > Cypherpunks are well-known providers of Bulk-email HTML spam campaigns.
>  > > As a "marketing analyst," you've clearly come to the right place.
>  > >
>  > > -Declan
> 
> 
> 

-- 
Yours, 
J.A. Terranson
sysadmin at mfn.org

If Governments really want us to behave like civilized human beings, they
should give serious consideration towards setting a better example:
Ruling by force, rather than consensus; the unrestrained application of
unjust laws (which the victim-populations were never allowed input on in
the first place); the State policy of justice only for the rich and 
elected; the intentional abuse and occassionally destruction of entire
populations merely to distract an already apathetic and numb electorate...
This type of demogoguery must surely wipe out the fascist United States
as surely as it wiped out the fascist Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

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associates, or others.  Besides, if it *were* the opinion of all of
those people, I doubt there would be a problem to bitch about in the
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