Abuse of Usenet: The Forged "Morons" Posts
Just a sampling of the 100s of posts forged in Jayne Hitchcock's name:
From: "J.A.Hitchcock"
Newsgroups: talk.philosophy.misc
Subject: MORONS!
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 1996 20:52:50 -0800
Organization: INTERNATIONAL AUTHOR
NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp-55.ts-4.nyc.idt.net
I'M A SPOKESPERSON WHO'S ON MISC.WRITING EVERY DAY.
THIS GROUP SHOULD BE BANNED--NOW! HITCHCOCK.
From: "J.A.Hitchcock"
Newsgroups: alt.beer
Subject: BEER DRINKING MORONS!
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 1996 21:33:09 -0800
Organization: INTERNATIONAL AUTHOR
NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp-55.ts-4.nyc.idt.net
BEER DRINKING MOST CERTAINLY CREATS AN ENORMOUS POPULATION OF
DRUNKS WHO NEVER CONTRIBUTE ANYTHING TO SOCIETY,THEIR FAMILIES
OR ANYTHING LIVING. I AM AN INTERNATIONAL AUTHOR AND KNOW WHAT
I AM TALKING ABOUT AND CAN BE REACHED AT MISC.WRITING. I'LL BE
HAPPY TO GIVE YOU ONE OF MY BOOKS TO GET ALL YOU DRUNKS ON THE
RIGHT PATH WHERE IT IS ONLY AN ARM'S REACH AWAY. HITCHCOCK.
From: Jayne Hitchcock
Newsgroups: sci.edu
Subject: CLOSE THIS GROUP!
Date: Sat, 04 Jan 1997 07:51:43 -0800
Organization: INTERNATIONAL AUTHOR
NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp-53.ts-15.nyc.idt.net
THIS GROUP SHOULD BE BANNED. THERE IS A GREAT LACK OF GREY MATTER
CONCERNING SCI.EDU. THIS GROUP HAS NO RIGHT TO SPEAK. I KNOW WHAT
I'M TALKING ABOUT DUE TO THE SIMPLE FACT THAT I'M AN INTERNATIONAL
AUTHOR. IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING ON YOUR MIND OTHER THAN A VACUUM
AND
THE GUTS FOR CONSTRUCTIVE CONVERSATION, I DARE YOU MORONS TO CALL
ME. THIS GIRL KNOWS WHAT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT AND I'VE JUST ABOUT
HAD IT WITH ALL YOUR STUPIDITY! (410) XXX-XXXX