BL>           I got this message this morning with no message ID or
BL> address. It contains a clear threat:

What a load of bullshit. It contains no such thing. I'll requote it
again in full and perhaps if you read it again you might see that
there is no threat, clear or otherwise.


BL> Dear Robert,

BL> I will arrange to visit you so we can discuss this face to face.

BL> Michael

BL> !*ATOqwk* I'm from the Taxation Department and I'm here to help you.
BL> !EOT:

BL> ! ---
BL> ! * A Federal Government Initiative
BL> !SEEN-BY: 711/809 934
BL> !PATH: 711/934
BL>                         **********************

BL>  The file is ff77dcf0.pkt (1545 bytes, 7/3/95, 1:84:40am) and it came
BL> in my 000000ff.mo0 drop this morning (Monday). He's using PQWK 2.40.
BL> I only has that one message in it.

I fucked up. I forgot to edit the PQWK.

BL> Can you tell we where it came from?

By now you know.

BL> Can you check the header as you received it? It ought to have his
BL> address and point number from PQWK, and that will tell you if it's
BL> a joke or not.

Of course it was a joke you stupid old fart. In fact, I thought it
was one of my better pieces. I thought it rated up there with the
time that "God" spoke to Rod, and of course ... Rod replied. 

BL> I've since found that a Michael Carmody does exist at the Australian
BL> Tax Office.   ...[chomp]...

THAT was the _REALLY_ funny part you goon. Michael Carmody doesn't just
"exist" at the Australian Tax Office. He ***___IS___*** the ATO !
He's the bloody Taxation Commissioner. ( know thy enemies )

BL> What I'd like to find out, is if this one is the *real* one.
BL> I do not take kindly to being threatened with a tax audit because of
BL> what I say in Avtech, and if this guy is the *real* Carmody, then I will
BL> want to complain to the Tax Office and my Federal MP... he is misusing
BL> his position to make threats. I suspect it may be a police matter.
BL>  Assuming it's real, this prick ought to be banned from Fido, Paul.
BL>  On the other hand, if it's Brenton or Frank wanking, it is in very
BL> poor taste to represent themselves as a real person, and I'll want to
BL> visit them with a length of 3-by-2 and share the joke properly.

No need Bob. I'm pulling the plug on myself after Paul's message.
When I find myself talking to people who find the adherence to a
non-existent "specification" the most important thing in their life
and their sole reason for being, then I know I'm not in the right
place. Besides that, the low-life arsehole actually kills pigeons by
cutting their throats with a blunt kitchen knife. for no reason other
than the fact that they are attracted by the food he leaves for
them. What sort of a low-life cunt would do that ?

Doesn't he know that Pigeons are People too ? I wonder how he would
feel if he wandered into a McDonald store one day after being attracted
by the smell. Orders a Big Mac, sits down in the corner and starts
eating when the manager walks over and cuts his throat. Just as his
mind is coming to terms with what has happened and starts reeling
from the pain and shock of it all before deciding it's about to
overload and shut down, he hears the manager say, "Thank Christ for
that. There's another one. Do you think that I'll have to kill many
more of these bloody Yuppie Socialistic Fascist Pigs before they get
the hint that we don't want their kind in here."

What a sorry excuse for an existence. No thanks. It's not for me.

BL>  It'll help if you can give me an idea of whether Carmody is real or
BL> not, before I take steps to reply to the threat. All I need to know,
BL> is where the packet came from, and whether he is listed on that board.
BL> I don't want to intrude on the real Carmody's life if this is just a
BL> wank.

ROFL...I can just imagine the Australian Taxation Commissioner
reading FidoNet mail and becoming a point off of TML.

Take care. I'll pop in one day and we'll have a chat.

Best Regards, Brenton
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