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Originally Posted by Dante Hicks
Absolutley, and if the sort of things you got were (say) people shouting "Stalin murdered millions" or "Communism is antithetical to human nature" or "Taxation is legalised extortion" or something then while I'd grimace, I'd at least get it. But in these cases a lot of the things are utterly bizarre - e.g. personal allegations of sexual abuse, comments about Masonic and/or Jewish conspiracies, airing of personal greivances or problems, etc.
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Hah. Well I dont go to these things so, I've no idea what sort of people turn up, but this isnt surprising I suppose - the internet has made me familiar with the type of crank that often gets passionate about fringe politics. The fact you mentioned Usenet should have been a give-away really.