Date: Mon, 21 Oct 1996 19:19:13 -0600 (MDT)
From: Flannon <flannon-AT-odin.cair.du.edu>
Subject: Re: (Fwd) Child XXX




On Mon, 21 Oct 1996, William E. Elston wrote:

> At 11:28 PM +0000 on 10/21/96, Carlos Martins wrote:
> 
> 
> > Firstly this is also a very serious provocation against us and as you
> > said fascist too. We need to repudiate this and firmly reject it as
> > socially and politically as fascist and mentally as very insane and evil.
> 
> Re. my post of earlier this morning, I have since learned that the ChildXXX
> post was a massive SPAM that probably had nothing to do with the surrealist
> whatsoever. It went out to thousands of recipients, and is now the subject
> of legal actions involving the FBI and America Online. So alas, Pierre, it
> was in fact nothing personal.
> 
> William E. Elston
> 
> <URL:http://www.halcyon.com/welston/>
> 

I've recieved similar complaints about this spam here at du from people 
who have no affiliation to spoon lists at all so it does seem to have been 
quite a broad action.  If anyone has any more details about the FBi's 
involvement I'd be interested.

Flannon