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huhkerrfyesterday at 7:32 PM1 replyview on HN

> skiing enthusiast banned by court order in 1999 from posting on the Usenet discussion group "rec.skiing.alpine", after engaging in a flame war with other online posters. The heated exchanges lasted for months, eventually escalating into death threats, until a police detective from Seattle posted a request for all involved to calm down. All involved did except Abraham...

I'm sorry, this was probably annoying to all involved, but also so hilarious. Not least of which picturing a detective, who joined the force thinking he was going to solve murders and maybe even get a lead on D.B. Cooper sighing as he posted on a message board.


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arcfouryesterday at 7:59 PM

https://groups.google.com/g/rec.skiing.alpine/c/frIx-J1XpnI

Reading one of the original threads involving Scott is...really something. Boy, the early internet was very weird.

Also, that dude is completely nuts.

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