Re: A Personal Thank You From Kent PearsonIn article <Aq2dnUfTK6_ejWfYnZ2dnUVZ_revnZ2d@giganews,com >,
Kent Pearson <spam-free@anonym,com > wrote:
>My, how time flies.
>
>I think it's been close to two years since my last post on Usenet. You can
>imagine my surprise when I got an email from a particular Mr. Johnson,
>tipping me off that there was some troll chatter about me - again - on the
>groups, and to assure me that it *wasn't* him. (And it's not him. I know
>his posting style very well.)
>
>It was no surprise to find that the troll behind these recent defamatory
>post was the same character who posted some vulgarity about me on the Plexi
>Palace Vintage Amps Forum. Yes, it's a moderatated group, and yes his 5th
>post there (ever) got yanked. That's what happens to trouble makers there,
>and it happens quickly. Consequently, we have very little trouble from the
>trolls among 10,889 happy registered users.
>
>What did surprise me (I don't know why) was the fact that this troll is
>currently digging up posts, containing opinions of an amplifier I had, which
>are close to 8 YEARS OLD! That has to deserve some kind of Darwin Award!
>
>Let's see . . . what else can this fella come up with? "old", "redneck",
>"can't play", the typical sexual inuendos so prevalent among trolls who
>simply run out of valid and/or intelligent things to say. I don't know why I
>find this guy's posts so comical, but I do. I know we're not supposed to
>laugh at the expense of the . . . well, nevermind. ;-)
>
>But I feel I have to say THANK YOU to Mr. Fraken/Cross/WhateverSock. I'm
>totally flattered that I've made such a lasting impression! Thank you for
>getting my name out there to more people. Thank you for the publicity, and
>thank you for pointing people to my humble website. Here, the readers can
>learn the truth about who I am, what I do, what I don't do, and how well I
>do - or don't - do it. I'm truly in your debt. As they say, "bad press is
>better than no press". And, thankfully, most folks here are intelligent
>enough to spot what's going on after just a couple of posts, such as yours.
>
>To those of you have written kind words about me, in response to these very
>unkind posts, I owe you a very special and different kind of thanks. You
>can be sure, it hasn't gone unnoticed. Heartwarming may not be the best
>word to describe, but it's the closest I can think of at the moment. Thank
>you, truly. And I guess, again, we can thank the troll. :-)
>
>Best Regards,
>Kent Pearson (the real one)
>
> http :// mysite.verizon,net /kentpearson/
Any clue as to what set this particular net.l00n aflutter?