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HATE SPEECH ABOUT ME FOUND ON VARIOUS WEBSITES

If you have Googled my name and been quite shocked to read some rather outrageous things written about me, please rest assured that they are not true in any way, shape or form!

Several years ago I was an active member of the rec.photo usenet newsgroups where unfortunately a couple of trolls went on the warpath against not only me, but many other contributors to the groups. This hate speech went on for several months unabated and despite our best efforts to identify the perpetrator it became impossible to do so as they were using anonymous proxies to engage in this behaviour. It still continues to this day on rec.photo.equipment.35mm and other groups I was once a member of.

Unfortunately many websites are now perpetuating the slander because the usenet archives can be freely incorporated into browser based forums. Webmasters do this to fill their databases with more content, thus obtaining higher search engine rankings. Because there is so much content on usenet it isn’t possible for them to actively screen all of it, so the wild and wacky things these trolls have stated online keep popping up.

There isn’t a lot I can do about it except ask people who encounter it to please use their common sense and consider the source.

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