OT: Doc Smith Hijacked

That subject line has turned up in several groups I read. My guess is that the spammer chose people to impersonate at random.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------- e m a i l : j a c k @ c a m p i n . m e . u k Jack Campin, 11 Third Street, Newtongrange, Midlothian EH22 4PU, Scotland mobile: 07800 739 557 Twitter: JackCampin

It didn't appear here. Don't know because I don't have the 'real' Doc blocked; may have been an address that was already on my ignore list. Polly

"Jack Campin -

I wasn't hijacked. What happened was, some.... troll posted a lengthy, bigoted, offensive, hateful diatribe. I didn't even read it to realize what it was - didn't have to. As I often do, I responded, making fun of the idjit/idjitcy; in this case my implication being that s/he must be on drugs, and has a fried brain. The mistake I made was in not quoting the OP, partly due to its exceeding length, but more because it didn't deserve quoting/reproduction - even to ridicule.

Thank you all for recognizing the truth. As I always say, when someone posts something that appears out of character, there is a good reason.

Doc

Forgot to mention... after I posted my *reply*, the OP mysteriously disappeared - almost immediately. I don't know how this was accomplished; at one time people posting via google had an option to delete/edit posts. Sometimes it worked, but not all carriers(?) adhered to the protocol, so often copies of a deleted post could be found floating around. This is why it was a mistake for me not to include at least a portion (header?) of the offending... post. I got trapped by a troll.