Yet another fake letter.

On 2/7/04 11:30 am, in article [email hidden], "Simon

Mason said:

I Was on Spring Bank West last Wednesday in a long, long
line of traffic, which I thought was caused by an
accident.

When I eventually got to Walton Street railway crossing, I
realised what the traffic jam was all about.

It was caused by the police stopping and checking all
vehicles to see if they were insured, taxed and with an
MoT certificate and it took seven, yes seven, police cars
to accomplish this.

It's a complete disgrace the way this police manpower
is used.

I suppose a reply would be something along the lines of:

attempting to ensure that motorists (who only kill n per
year in humberside) are brought to book for such petty
crimes as driving an unroadworthy vehicle with the potential
to kill innocent bystanders (quote a couple of relevant
cases here), they should instead be focussing on real crimes
such as the neighbours with the stereo a bit loud, or
preventing murders ( y last year).

Signed the real Howard Peel.

I suppose you could threaten the editor with a small claims
court action for every time he prints a letter that falsely
purports to be from you.

..d

David Martin said:

I suppose a reply would be something along the lines of:

Quoted message said:

attempting to ensure that motorists (who only kill n per
year in humberside)

I don't imagine that using the H********e word will get you
far in the HDM these days...

Roger

On 2/7/04 1:58 pm, in article [email hidden],

Roger Hughes said:

I don't imagine that using the H********e word will get
you far in the HDM these days...

Why not? It's all the south anyway..

;-)

..d

Hi Simon,

I am not at all sure that letter it is from a certain person
we know and love and who has a face like a melted plastic
ashtray... For one thing it seems someone living in Mr
Minn's street and just happening to have my name also has a
letter in 'The West Hull Advertiser' this week demanding
that conscription be brought back!

Could be low level intimidation from someone pro-car, anti-
speed camera anti-cycling nut. They might even be a member
of the ABD who are known, allegedly, for sending in multiple
bogus letters in an attempt to give the illusion they have
widespread support. Or perhaps just some crank who will come
round and murder us all in our beds...

I have contacted the Mail about this. We'll see what they
come back with.

Regards,

Howard.

On 2 Jul 2004 07:53:18 -0700 someone who may be
[email hidden] (Howard) wrote this:-

Quoted message said:

Could be low level intimidation from someone pro-car, anti-
speed camera anti-cycling nut. They might even be a member
of the ABD who are known, allegedly, for sending in
multiple bogus letters in an attempt to give the illusion
they have widespread support.

Another of their tactics is to write letters to people who
have disagreed with them in the newspapers. These letters
follow a script, the script in their how to campaign manual
I gather. They start off by alleging that the sender has
been misrepresented, they then threaten vague legal action.
The intention is to get the recipient to stop writing to
the papers.

I am very sorry to say that I have never had such a letter.
I will have to try harder.

--
David Hansen, Edinburgh | PGP email preferred-key number
F566DA0E I will always explain revoked keys, unless the UK
government prevents me using the RIP Act 2000.

Simon Mason said:

This is getting silly now. First myself, then Peter Minn
and now Howard Peel who frequents this NG now and again
and who is the author of the Bikezone site mentioned in
another thread is the victim this time.

I'd like to see a fake letter under my Usenet ID, but I
doubt they'd print it. From ZT Undeniable Esq.

[email hidden] (Howard) wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

Quoted message said:

Hi Simon,

I am not at all sure that letter it is from a certain
person we know and love and who has a face like a melted
plastic ashtray... For one thing it seems someone living
in Mr Minn's street and just happening to have my name
also has a letter in 'The West Hull Advertiser' this week
demanding that conscription be brought back!

Could be low level intimidation from someone pro-car, anti-
speed camera anti-cycling nut. They might even be a member
of the ABD who are known, allegedly, for sending in
multiple bogus letters in an attempt to give the illusion
they have widespread support. Or perhaps just some crank
who will come round and murder us all in our beds...

I have contacted the Mail about this. We'll see what they
come back with.

Regards,

Howard.

What "worries" me is that whoever this is used my address
of 4 years ago! This would mean that this person might save
all letters going back at least that far, since the online
letters do not go back to 2000. The Mail should at least
make some attempt to check up on the writer's identity by
matching names and addresses in the electoral register.

Simon

Simon Mason said:

You can barely imagine someone so pathetic that instead of
using reasoned arguments they have to stoop this low.

It sounds quite an achievement to get three fake letters
published. As with Usenet trolls, your best bet is to laugh
with the perpetrator.

Quoted message said:

What "worries" me is that whoever this is used my address
of 4 years ago!

Simon

I sold my house on Pickering road 12 years ago!