[Cialug] OT: forum harassment

[Dave J. Hala Jr.]

I wonder if this would actually qualify as "online stalking". 
I dunno if there is such a thing, but obviously it has become personal,
with this person going to great lengths to take some cheaps shots at
you.

:) Dave

 
On Thu, 2006-03-23 at 08:01, Tony Bibbs wrote:
> Ok, it's gotten worse, he's now using any of the available free proxies 
> he can get a hold of.  Any other ideas?
> 
> Here's the latest quotable tidbit
> 
> "Gotta admit Tony and company and I'm one pesky SOB when crossed out of 
> curiousoity would the statement that black people love chicken be racist 
> too? Cause thats a true statement too and no black person will think 
> it's racist"
> 
> --Tony
> 
> Tony Bibbs wrote:
> > Yeah, we have very clear rules:
> > 
> > http://www.iowaoutdoors.org/staticpages/index.php/Rules
> > 
> > He earned the ban with this:
> > 
> > "I hate carp, but if you like them please give me them away or fertilize 
> > your garden with them and protect our diverse eco system and yes if you 
> > see any asians or latinos, they will be happy to take the carp off your 
> > hands."
> > 
> > I wouldn't jump so far as to call the guy racist but at the very least 
> > he's stereotyping TWO entire races.  In the meantime I'm trying to get a 
> > hold of US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales...according to this guy, 
> > I've got some fresh carp he'd take off my hands.  What a tool.
> > 
> > --Tony
> > 
> > 
> > Stuart Thiessen wrote:
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> >> If you have clear forum guidelines that he clearly broke, that will go 
> >> a long way to help show that he has been properly banned. If you don't 
> >> have any guidelines, then I suggest you write some up. Just my 2 cents 
> >> worth. Those guidelines would be helpful in creating that 
> >> cease-and-desist letter. It also shows that you are not being 
> >> arbitrary in banning his comments.
> >>
> >> Another avenue could be to see if you can mobilize other users in the 
> >> forum to create positive peer pressure to help him see his actions are 
> >> not helping his standing with the community in the forum. If this is 
> >> done in a positive way, then it can help offset anything he does say 
> >> and make it clear that he does not speak for the forum and his view is 
> >> a minority view.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Stuart
> >>
> >> On Mar 22, 2006, at 11:49, Tony Bibbs wrote:
> >>
> >>> His emails are simply saying he won't go away until I unban him...no 
> >>> real good threats yet, though, I'm guessing he'll eventually get to 
> >>> that point.
> >>>
> >>> --Tony
> >>>
> >>> David Champion wrote:
> >>>> Tony Bibbs wrote:
> >>>>> I run a lowly hunting and fishing website that has been around for 
> >>>>> nearly 6 years.  I've finally run into a situation where I had to 
> >>>>> ban a guy by IP for being an idiot (racist comments) and now he's 
> >>>>> simply hopping from PC to PC finding new IP's, creating new 
> >>>>> accounts and posting.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> This all materialized today, but my plan is to simply give this a 
> >>>>> few days to see if it dies down.  But in an effort of planning, are 
> >>>>> there any viable legal actions one can take?  I know who the guys 
> >>>>> is, just don't have anything I can really do.  My hunch is he will 
> >>>>> grow tired of it all, but what are my options if he doesn't?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> --Tony
> >>>> (IANAL disclamer etc...)
> >>>> I would guess that if you had a lawyer send him a Cease and Desist 
> >>>> letter, it would probably scare him enough to knock it off.
> >>>> Depending on what kind of comments he's making, he could be breaking 
> >>>> various hate-crime laws, or if he's making threats he could be in 
> >>>> trouble for that too.
> >>>> -dc
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