# Stalking harassment **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 25, 2009, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stalking-harassment/507610 "2009-08-25T06:47:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2009, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stalking-harassment/507610/41 "2009-08-26T08:46:59Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > It’s not that I \*can’t \*link. When you read the post (assuming you did), what did you think the statement that “I’m not searching for these posts: the task of searching is too onerous; so if you want to find them, then tally-ho and God-speed” meant? You know very well (or should know) that our search engine is like a big block Chevy with a blown piston. And if you make a simple mistake, you have to wait five minutes to search again, only to get a timeout or database error screen. Why should I (or the OP) go through this when the demands are yours? Take care of your own demands, if you intend to make them. You can ask for mod intervention without publicly calling out the perpetrators, via PM or email. You don’t have to start a thread on it. If you are going to start a thread that publicly names someone and accuses them of harassment, you ought to be prepared to spend the time to link to examples of said harassment, no matter how onerous a task it is. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2009, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stalking-harassment/507610/42 "2009-08-26T08:51:18Z")
Baah. **mswas** recently accused me of exactly the same thing - I notice I’m not on his list anymore, and that’s probably because we haven’t butted heads over anything recently. And that’s what I think it is - **mswas** over-reacting to people disagreeing with his opinions or the validity of his beliefs. I wasn’t stalking him then, and I don’t think these folk are stalking him now. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2009, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stalking-harassment/507610/43 "2009-08-26T10:36:25Z")
> [@leander](#): > > With regards to **mswas** , it seems like he was getting his ass handed to him so he decided to cry for the mods. When they told him that it was a serious issue if true, the light went off in his head and he did the good ole Biloxi backpeddle. > > Just my 2c. I concur, FWIW. I don’t have anything against **mswas** in general but his responses in the recent pit threads seem to be out of proportion to what he’s responding to, especially as not responding at all would have made the various issues all go away quickly. Frankly, I’m (genuinely) starting to worry about him - this current desperate need for attention is not healthy. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2009, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stalking-harassment/507610/44 "2009-08-26T10:51:12Z")
I don’t think **mswas** would mind disagreement so much if those who disagreed with him were scientific in their thinking regarding the dismissal of his ideas and if they were to practice _suspended judgment_ – the purest meaning of _skepticism_ and an essential part of the scientific method. But most do not. They point, bash, laugh and show their own ignorance of enlightenment and reason. They use the words _metaphysics_ and _metaphysical_ carelessly as if its only meaning is “supernatural.” And all the time metaphysics is the branch of philosophy that deals with “the fundamental nature of reality.” (Thus saith Noah’s dick.) By their own logic, most would dismiss Aristotle’s thinking as a waste of time because it isn’t science. I can see why **mswas** feels like he is being targeted. Just like Christian fundamentalists, many in this group are very loud and insistent that they have all of the answers that ever can be. **mswas** , ignore the ones who huff and puff the loudest. They are mistaken. There is one who is careful to qualify everything. He’s no fool. And there are a lot of people who responded who are reasonable in their scientific thinking and they seem patient and skeptical in healthy ways. Who can ask for more? Try to have a sense of humor about the rest. I think you handled this just fine in your own way in this thread. I never apologize when I don’t mean it either. I hope that I haven’t said anything here that annoys you. Sometimes I enjoy disagreeing with you, but I don’t ever mean or take anything personally between the two of us. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2009, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stalking-harassment/507610/45 "2009-08-26T11:17:46Z")
> [@mswas](#): > > Nevermind I put Lobohan on my ignore list. Bryan Ekers is at least tolerable half of the time so I don’t even care that much as long as his idiot droog isn’t following me around nipping at my heals. This thread can be closed, I won’t be coming back to view it. **Moderator Note:** **mswas**. Mentioning who is on your _ignore list_, outside of the Pit, isn’t allowed. It’s considered an insult. And, speaking of insults, calling someone an _idiot droog_ doesn’t fly in this forum or any others outside of the Pit. As to your allegations of stalking, and since you don’t seem to be willing to provide any clear cut examples, its hard to agree with you. Thread closed. **samclem** Moderator [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stalking-harassment/507610.md?page=2)