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Date:      Thu, 14 Mar 2002 23:14:58 -0700
From:      Irwan Hadi <irwanhadi@phxby.engr.usu.edu>
To:        Cliff Sarginson <csfbsd@raggedclown.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Be careful what you say
Message-ID:  <20020314231458.A19240@phxby.com>
In-Reply-To: <20020315061215.GA1693@raggedclown.net>; from csfbsd@raggedclown.net on Fri, Mar 15, 2002 at 07:12:15AM %2B0100
References:  <20020315061215.GA1693@raggedclown.net>

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On Fri, Mar 15, 2002 at 07:12:15AM +0100, Cliff Sarginson wrote:

> I have just received a very abusive email from someone on this list.
> 
> I had chosen to explain to him in a way he did not like that he was
> giving bad advice on a recent topic, and to explain why. 
> 
> This person decided to call me a nazi (plus a few other random insults
> thrown in, triteness, condescending, omniscient pretensions etc..)
> 
> If it is being a nazi to explain to someone why the information was
> wrong then I guess I deserve to be lumped in with Hitler.
> 
> I am writing to the list, just to say that if the risk a person runs
> when giving advice, or explaining something to someone who appears not
> to understand it, is that they will be called a Nazi then I shall not
> bother anymore.
> 
> Perhaps he should read his history books, I probably know a little bit
> more than he does about what Nazi's did and still do.

What you should do is to send a complaint to his ISP at abuse@his.isp.
If he is the USA, then most of the time, his ISP either will give him a
warning, or revoke his account.
BTW, hotmail is the easiest to complaint ;)

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