Over-reacting?

[jim bell <jimbell@pacifier.com>]

At 05:42 PM 1/28/96 -0800, Timothy C. May wrote:
>
>Folks,
>
>When people decide to copy other mailing lists on messages they send to
>Cypherpunks (or vice versa), we often get flooded with insults and spams
>from people who don't share our views. (While I have nothing against trying
>to recruit others to our views, in my opinion this is best done by
>judicious writing of essays for _them_, tuned to their interests, and not
>in mindless spamming of every list that might have a passing interest in
>some of the topics.)
>
>We already have enough traffic here, and don't need replies from a bunch of
>other lists, be they libertarian lists, digital commerce lists, human
>rights lists, or java lists.
>
>The latest example of this is the rantfest invvolving these players:

I really don't know why I'm being "killed" by May in this way.  He cites a 
rant by a local (Portland, Oregon) crackpot named "Jack Hammer."  I even 
took the time to apologize for his existence, while I do claim a certain 
lack of responsibility:  Basically, I'm being targeted because Hammer can't 
stand my essay.  (Whether May will even see my apology is in doubt, I 
suppose...)  While May certainly has the right to "killfile" whomever he 
wishes, it might be a bit more logical to do this in a graduated fashion, 
"killing" Hammer and then waiting to see if the rest of us follow in his 
habits.