On Tue, 2 Feb 2016 20:07:54 -0000 (UTC), Bruce >
wrote:

>On 3/2/2016 05:49 Cheri wrote:
>
>> On 1/2/2016 15:08 Cheryl wrote:
>>
>>> On 1/31/2016 3:11 PM, Bruce wrote:
>>>
>>>> I've been thinking that all along. Put someone nasty with a big mouth in
>>>> a group, and you'll get people who'll suck up to them out of a sick
>>>> mix of fear and admiration. Interesting processes to observe though
>>>
>>> Who in their right mind would be afraid of someone on the Internet?
>>> What a silly statement. LOL
>>
>> Really? It happens all the time.
>>
>===========
>
>LOL, to me nothing is funnier than the "meet and beat" threats in newsgroups. If
>someone is actually afraid of that, well.....
>
>Cheri

Maybe not always funny. Back about 1988 I used to post quite
innocently with my real name and real e-addy. Next thing was a
stalker, the emails were horrible. I was living alone in a large
house, isolated, on the coast. It did scare me.

Some of the others on the group managed to track him down and find out
who he was, I was reassured he didn't have a vehicle and couldn't
drive but also later on I gathered he had a visit to put him off
Just the same it was a very nasty feeling.

I changed ISP and changed name to LB and never altered back.

So you never know until it happens.

On 3/2/2016 09:49 wrote:

> On Tue, 2 Feb 2016 20:07:54 -0000 (UTC), Bruce >
> wrote:
>
>>On 3/2/2016 05:49 Cheri wrote:
>>
>>> On 1/2/2016 15:08 Cheryl wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 1/31/2016 3:11 PM, Bruce wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I've been thinking that all along. Put someone nasty with a big mouth in
>>>>> a group, and you'll get people who'll suck up to them out of a sick
>>>>> mix of fear and admiration. Interesting processes to observe though
>>>>
>>>> Who in their right mind would be afraid of someone on the Internet?
>>>> What a silly statement. LOL
>>>
>>> Really? It happens all the time.
>>>
>>===========
>>
>>LOL, to me nothing is funnier than the "meet and beat" threats in newsgroups. If
>>someone is actually afraid of that, well.....
>>
>>Cheri
>
> Maybe not always funny. Back about 1988 I used to post quite
> innocently with my real name and real e-addy. Next thing was a
> stalker, the emails were horrible. I was living alone in a large
> house, isolated, on the coast. It did scare me.
>
> Some of the others on the group managed to track him down and find out
> who he was, I was reassured he didn't have a vehicle and couldn't
> drive but also later on I gathered he had a visit to put him off
> Just the same it was a very nasty feeling.
>
> I changed ISP and changed name to LB and never altered back.
>
> So you never know until it happens.

I think only the Boner troll is really crazy in this newsgroup,
but you never know, indeed.

--
Bruce

On Tue, 2 Feb 2016 23:24:09 -0000 (UTC), Bruce >
wrote:

>On 3/2/2016 09:49 wrote:
>> Maybe not always funny. Back about 1988 I used to post quite
>> innocently with my real name and real e-addy. Next thing was a
>> stalker, the emails were horrible. I was living alone in a large
>> house, isolated, on the coast. It did scare me.
>>
>> Some of the others on the group managed to track him down and find out
>> who he was, I was reassured he didn't have a vehicle and couldn't
>> drive but also later on I gathered he had a visit to put him off
>> Just the same it was a very nasty feeling.
>>
>> I changed ISP and changed name to LB and never altered back.
>>
>> So you never know until it happens.
>
>I think only the Boner troll is really crazy in this newsgroup,

Yes but a harmless, impotent crank in real life. Interestingly, he's
been posting to Usenet recently but not here.

>but you never know, indeed.

Indeed, we have had one genuine and potentially dangerous nutcase in
this group. Thankfully he's gone now.

On 3/2/2016 10:37 Je�us wrote:

> On Tue, 2 Feb 2016 23:24:09 -0000 (UTC), Bruce >
> wrote:
>
>>On 3/2/2016 09:49 wrote:
>>> Maybe not always funny. Back about 1988 I used to post quite
>>> innocently with my real name and real e-addy. Next thing was a
>>> stalker, the emails were horrible. I was living alone in a large
>>> house, isolated, on the coast. It did scare me.
>>>
>>> Some of the others on the group managed to track him down and find out
>>> who he was, I was reassured he didn't have a vehicle and couldn't
>>> drive but also later on I gathered he had a visit to put him off
>>> Just the same it was a very nasty feeling.
>>>
>>> I changed ISP and changed name to LB and never altered back.
>>>
>>> So you never know until it happens.
>>
>>I think only the Boner troll is really crazy in this newsgroup,
>
> Yes but a harmless, impotent crank in real life. Interestingly, he's
> been posting to Usenet recently but not here.

I hadn't noticed, but that's good. It gets messy enough here without
stalking trolls.

>>but you never know, indeed.
>
> Indeed, we have had one genuine and potentially dangerous nutcase in
> this group. Thankfully he's gone now.

I didn't know about that.

--
Bruce

On Wed, 3 Feb 2016 00:00:58 -0000 (UTC), Bruce >
wrote:

>On 3/2/2016 10:37 Je�us wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 2 Feb 2016 23:24:09 -0000 (UTC), Bruce >
>> wrote:
>>
>>>On 3/2/2016 09:49 wrote:
>>>> Maybe not always funny. Back about 1988 I used to post quite
>>>> innocently with my real name and real e-addy. Next thing was a
>>>> stalker, the emails were horrible. I was living alone in a large
>>>> house, isolated, on the coast. It did scare me.
>>>>
>>>> Some of the others on the group managed to track him down and find out
>>>> who he was, I was reassured he didn't have a vehicle and couldn't
>>>> drive but also later on I gathered he had a visit to put him off
>>>> Just the same it was a very nasty feeling.
>>>>
>>>> I changed ISP and changed name to LB and never altered back.
>>>>
>>>> So you never know until it happens.
>>>
>>>I think only the Boner troll is really crazy in this newsgroup,
>>
>> Yes but a harmless, impotent crank in real life. Interestingly, he's
>> been posting to Usenet recently but not here.
>
>I hadn't noticed, but that's good. It gets messy enough here without
>stalking trolls.
>
>>>but you never know, indeed.
>>
>> Indeed, we have had one genuine and potentially dangerous nutcase in
>> this group. Thankfully he's gone now.
>
>I didn't know about that.

Before your time on RFC and probably nobody else here knows about that
part of his history anyway.

On Tue, 02 Feb 2016 18:49:55 -0400, wrote:

>On Tue, 2 Feb 2016 20:07:54 -0000 (UTC), Bruce >
>wrote:
>
>>On 3/2/2016 05:49 Cheri wrote:
>>>> Who in their right mind would be afraid of someone on the Internet?
>>>> What a silly statement. LOL
>>>
>>> Really? It happens all the time.
>>
>>LOL, to me nothing is funnier than the "meet and beat" threats in newsgroups. If
>>someone is actually afraid of that, well.....
>
>Maybe not always funny. Back about 1988 I used to post quite
>innocently with my real name and real e-addy. Next thing was a
>stalker, the emails were horrible. I was living alone in a large
>house, isolated, on the coast. It did scare me.

Similar happened to a woman posting to a particular Australian
newsgroup back in the early 2000s. She was stalked and harassed by a
guy who had visited her home, he described her property in detail
(this was before google earth or street view) so it wasn't just talk.

He certainly had issues, supposedly a big tough guy who liked to
terrify a woman in her sixties... or at least he tried to. He also
tried to stalk and find me, because at that point I turned on him.

Several other people during that decade also got the same treatment.
In fact, the guy in question used to be a regular here on RFC.

>Some of the others on the group managed to track him down and find out
>who he was, I was reassured he didn't have a vehicle and couldn't
>drive but also later on I gathered he had a visit to put him off
>Just the same it was a very nasty feeling.
>
>I changed ISP and changed name to LB and never altered back.
>
>So you never know until it happens.

On 2/2/2016 7:02 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Wed, 03 Feb 2016 10:31:26 +1100, Jeßus wrote:
>
>> Similar happened to a woman posting to a particular Australian
>> newsgroup back in the early 2000s. She was stalked and harassed by a
>> guy who had visited her home, he described her property in detail
>> (this was before google earth or street view) so it wasn't just talk.
>>
>> He certainly had issues, supposedly a big tough guy who liked to
>> terrify a woman in her sixties... or at least he tried to. He also
>> tried to stalk and find me, because at that point I turned on him.
>>
>> Several other people during that decade also got the same treatment.
>> In fact, the guy in question used to be a regular here on RFC.
>
> Peter Lucas/Barnes/Williams (the guy that changes his legal last name
> every few years). I remember Jebus was one of his big detractors and
> showed up here in RFC with a few of Peter's other "fans".
>
> Yes, he was a scary guy. Still is. And no, he's not dead contrary to
> what somebody else here has reported (cshenk).
>
> -sw
>
Was just thinking of him by the description, and yes, that's when Jebus
showed up trolling him.

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Cheryl