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When Salon dot com (the media giant of all media giants whose stock is now worth thousands of dollars per share) I would only give them an answer in writing on a thread.

When RG contacted me, I began by asking questions about his politics. I didn't want this to be a total hit piece.

We don't regularly encourage FReepers to interfere with someone's job. It has, however, happened a few times. Jameel Rashid has no business being in the Coast Guard if he can't be trusted to support the mission. When you see your fellow soldiers as an occupying imperialist army, it is hard to believe that you support the mission and would risk your life to save a comrade's. No one should try to do anything to affect his job as a janitor. I did not state that he shouldn't be in the CG because of what he thought. He can think anything as long as he is loyal to the troops and mission. Signing the petition was wrong, and a warrant officer agreed and was grateful that they were notified. He actually could hardly believe what the nitwit did. Remember the soldier who threw the grenade in the tent last year?

Another time when FReepers took action was when JimRob was getting direct email from a whackjob who worked for some state's department of transportation. He was spending time using his govenment computer to tell everyone how is was so much smarter than the stupid FReepers. He spent a great deal of time stealing time from his government job and posting messages on FR. When the boss checked out his computer messages and what he had been doing in lieu of his actual job, he was canned.

For those who are curious, yes I have previously received threats by phone, email, and snail mail because I dared to have an opinion that doesn't agree with those gentle people who have flowers in their hair.