E-mail Debates and Harrasment

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E-mail Debates and Harrasment

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Ok, this is the third time this has happened to me

I get into a debate in a yahoo group, eventually, it gets OT and either I see this and take it to E-mail or the mods step in and say "Stop/take it off list"

The instant I do, the person debating/arguing with me blocks my e-mail and/or claims I am 'harasing' them and tells me to stop.

At what point did it/does it become harasment?
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Majin Gojira wrote:Ok, this is the third time this has happened to me

I get into a debate in a yahoo group, eventually, it gets OT and either I see this and take it to E-mail or the mods step in and say "Stop/take it off list"

The instant I do, the person debating/arguing with me blocks my e-mail and/or claims I am 'harasing' them and tells me to stop.

At what point did it/does it become harasment?
Well, that's subjective. But I wouldn't consider it even borderline harassment until the one person has stated his unwillingness to continue the discussion and you continue regardless. Harassment isn't sending a few caustic mails - it's when it starts becoming obsessive and/or threatening that you have cause for alarm.

EDIT: As a matter of fact, in an E-mail debate I'd keep up the mails until either a concession or an agreement was offered.
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They were losing and claiming that they were winning.

Bastard today claimed that he proved a negative...
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Majin Gojira wrote:They were losing and claiming that they were winning.

Bastard today claimed that he proved a negative...
Then fuck him. Fuck him long and fuck him hard. He's harassing logic and common sense - he deserves whatever he gets.
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Eleas wrote:
Majin Gojira wrote:They were losing and claiming that they were winning.

Bastard today claimed that he proved a negative...
Then fuck him. Fuck him long and fuck him hard. He's harassing logic and common sense - he deserves whatever he gets.
As soon as he sent the 'harasnment' e-mail, I simply Responed with a "Concession Accepted" and a list of some of the stupid thing he had done in my sig.
ISARMA: Daikaiju Coordinator: Just Add Radiation
Justice League- Molly Hayes: Respect Hats or Freakin' Else!
Browncoat
Supernatural Taisen - "[This Story] is essentially "Wouldn't it be awesome if this happened?" Followed by explosions."

Reviewing movies is a lot like Paleontology: The Evidence is there...but no one seems to agree upon it.

"God! Are you so bored that you enjoy seeing us humans suffer?! Why can't you let this poor man live happily with his son! What kind of God are you, crushing us like ants?!" - Kyoami, Ran
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