[12202] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: "Arizona Lawyers Form Company..."
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rob Raisch, The Internet Company)
Mon May 9 11:46:44 1994
Date: Mon, 9 May 1994 06:30:30 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Rob Raisch, The Internet Company" <raisch@internet.com>
To: Barney Wolff <barney@databus.com>
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: <9405082207.AA16492@databus.databus.com>
Barney, perhaps you should go back, grab a cup of coffee and actually
read my response? In no way did I threaten PSI. I would have thought
that the tone of my response would have made it painfully clear that I
was predicting future reactions, and in no way, shape or form, support
any form of network terrorism.
-- </rr> Rob Raisch, The Internet Company
On Sun, 8 May 1994, Barney Wolff wrote:
> > Date: Sun, 8 May 1994 13:32:21 -0700 (PDT)
> > From: "Rob Raisch, The Internet Company" <raisch@internet.com>
> >
> > This would suggest to me that the next most visible target for
> > mail bombing would be their service provider, and this I think is the tact
> > that will prove an efficient strategy against C&S' particular brand of
> > socially unacceptable behavior. I would imagine that Marty Schoffstall
> > will have something to say about C&S' behavior when PSI's livelihood is
> > threatened.
>
> May I suggest that threatening PSI is both wrong and unnecessary? Just
> two days ago, some jerk sent a fake-contest scam to the PCIP list. Rather
> than sending abuse to the jerk, I sent a polite message to the postmaster
> of the bbs from which he posted, with a copy of the offending message.
> A day later I got a reply stating that the jerk's account had been
> canceled - also polite. No muss, no fuss, no threats, but mission
> accomplished.
>
> No responsible provider is likely to tolerate C&S-type behavior, and until
> we see one who does, there is no need to talk of threats. A provider who
> willfully abets C&S-type behavior should be punished by having his decent
> customers find other arrangements - a threat likely to be far more effective
> than mail-bombing.
>
> "Oxygenated water" indeed! Is it possible that all this is really just
> a net.hoax?
>
> Barney Wolff <barney@databus.com>
>
