has always sent e.mails to them that were either on the fringe, sexually, or extremely contrary to their political beliefs.

yesterday he definitely went over the edge. you all know that Josh is in Iraq. her dad sent C a horrific e.main about a woman who lost her son in Iraq. it was heart-wrenching and he, and the originator, thought the e.mail was hilarious. the e.mail was vicious, cruel and so out there, that i could hardly read it.

she wrote a very eloquent reply to it and not only did she send it back to him, she sent it to everyone on HIS e.mail list!! i am very proud of her for holding true to her feelings and beliefs.

so..............today, after thinking long and hard about it, i did something very fierce. the man who originated the e.mail was dumb enough to sign his name, his title at his job, the college that he works for and his phone number. i followed through with what my first thoughts had been. i turned him in.

i called the president of Boston College and he asked me to forward the e.mail and to also forward it to the man's direct supervisor. i did that. i sat here for awhile and picked up the phone and called a very high ranking senator, from Boston, and told him about the e.mail. he had me forward it and then he called me back as soon as he had read it. he was outraged, rightly so.

i wasn't through with it though. i then called every person who this man maligned in the e.mail (all public figures) and they all asked me to forward the e.mail.

one of the things that bothers me so much about this, is that my daughter's FATHER fwded this to her. she has begged him to not send her e.mails and has tried to block his address. for some reason, she hasn't been able to block them........and her curiousity got the best of her on this one and she opened it.

i am not going to say anything to him. i never, ever communicate with him. but, i need some help dealing with my anger towards him and the hurt that this has caused my daughter.

help............p p.s. in all of my days of being me, i would have never dreamed that it is so easy to talk to public figures......i did not get one turn down from one assistant/secretary/intern.....not one..........

[(JD)]

grrrrr.

You daughter can receive help from her ISP in blocking any email address, btw.

Glad you were well received. I've always found good reception if I speak like an adult, and treat them with respect also.

[bebop]

yay!! I am so glad you did something about this! good job!

[walkswithspiritbear]

maybe he is changing his emails enough that though she blocks it, it could be coming from somewhere else but with some form that she still knows it is him.... I am glad that you are getting some results for the pain caused to your family... Congrats on that one!!!

Good for you Pat-you totally rock. You put that jerk in his place!
I don't blame you for being angry. Let yourself feel it and punch a pillow, pretending it's his face. GRRR!

I think your daughter will bounce back from this. She seems to have a very strong mother she can fall back on and look up to.
(((((((Pat))))))))) (((((Your daughter)))))

[Maven]

How about setting up an email filter, maybe one set to mark as spam or delete if it includes his name in the body (if you don't receive other emails you want with his name in them).

Does she know they're from him before she opens them? I assume she doesn't, since she'd probably delete them if so. If she has any suspicions, she could try scrolling to the bottom, in case he signed it.

She could also get a new email address, and then an alias, and if he finds out her alias, she could easily change it without having to change her real email address.

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. there has been a phone conversation between father and daughter. he screamed at her and said she had embarrassed him by sending her reply to everyone on his e.mail list and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.......she hung up on him.

this man cannot be a father to his daughters. he hasn't been and he isn't going to start now. and this latest bunch of crap that he has pulled re-enforces it.

man, if he knew that i called all of those people and fwded the e.mail to them........ i might get so lucky that he'd never speak to me again.....if he ever sees me again.

[Maven]

LOL! You did it? Sorry your daughter got blamed, but it sounds like the man has a heckuva temper!

he has a horrible temper. he is a controller to no end. he is a functioning alcoholic...drugs are bad, meds are bad and alcohol is GOOD..........how did i live with him for 13 years?

[jennie]

[hillbunnyb]

Pat, you have made my day!!! Hahahahahaha the booger finally got the karmic boomerang right in his face!!!!!! Oh baby, I love it when the a-holes are held accountable!!! Didn't want his friends to know what he was up to huh??? A little exposure sure does shift the ol' power paradigm huh?!?!?!?!

I had come across that or a similar "joke" email and was mortified. I am SOOOOO glad you took action. The power of 1.
Please keep us posted on developments!

maven, my daughter answered the e.mail that he sent her.

i merely took the man's name, who wrote the e.mail, and called all of his superiors and then called Sen. Kennedy...as Boston College is one of his pet projects. then i called all of the celebrities that was mentioned and maligned in the e.mail and sent them a copy of it........

my daughter did the hard work. she spoke up for herself and her husband and sent it back to her dad and then on to his e.mail list.

[hillbunnyb]

Daughter ROCKS )))))))Pat'sDaughter((((((((((

my youngest daughter is here to help us pack and clean, etc. last night she asked her dad and his wife to babysit King for two hours while she helped me pack some antiques.

when we picked him up, it was stated emphatically that they would not babysit him again until he's weaned.....and he was perfect while there .....let's see now..........weaning age in our family is about two years of age.........so, they aren't going to see Stella, Bella or King.......................what grownups they are! all because he got called on his ----!!! can you imagine taking it out on the babies??????????????????????????? gotta love those alcoholics!

[hillbunnyb]

......some people.......