system: You are Richard Hartman, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Home Office message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Dick Roebelt about "Faxing".

They wrote:
DR>RICHARD HARTMAN spoke thusly to: DICK ROEBELT
DR>RH>DR>AA> DR>    What some of us do (for revenge) is to completely
DR>RH>DR>AA>The revenge part intriged me.   Wouldn't your action of
DR>RH>DR>   I bet it would...should I be caught.  But, as a tough old
DR>RH>DR>bird of a man who I respect and admire once told me....self-help
DR>RH>DR>is usually the best help...and sometimes you just GOTTA get
DR>RH>DR>their attention.  And make sure you have lots of "small"
DR>RH>DR>business owners on the jury.
DR>RH>Another possibility would be to either ignore the intrusive FAX or
DR>RH>to FAX back a polite "no thank you, take me off your list" note.
DR>   Just got another unsolicited one.
DR>   This has the following tripe printed on it:  "If you would prefer
DR>not to receive any future faxes.....and we will be happy to remove you
DR>from our list promptly....Please accept our apologies if you have
DR>received an unwanted fax."
DR>   Now please tell me why I am on their list in the first place?
DR>Since the line that my fax machine is on has only been installed for
DR>less than 3 weeks and only 4 of my clients have that number; I have to
DR>assume that these guys are either one of the several who call every
DR>number in a given geographic area and when they get a fax or computer
DR>tone, they make a note of it or they purchase such data from those who
DR>do.  A very annoying practice!
DR>   Now I just finished reading PL 102-243 (47 USCA s.227).  It CLEARLY
DR>states that sending an unsolicited fax is against the law and I am
DR>entitled to damages ($500.00 minimum). In fact the actual language
DR>reads: "to use any telephone facsimile machine, computer, or other
DR>device to send an unsolicited advertisement to a telephone facsimile
DR>machine; or..."
DR>   So screw the "no thank you."  These clowns have violated the law.
DR>Now all I have to do is dig up the two cases that were heard by the
DR>courts and re-read them before I proceed getting my due.
DR>RH>Everyone is a potential client/neighbor/friend/network-contact and
DR>RH>spending time burning bridges rarely improves your position.
DR>   These guys would not ever become a client.  A competitor, maybe, a
DR>client, never!
DR>RH>Whereas a considerate mature response will be notice by those who
DR>RH>see your response (ie. wife and children in the home), even if
DR>RH>missed by the original intrusive FAXer.  Our everyday walk can be
DR>RH>an opportunity to teach valuable lessons to our children.
DR>   And what lesson does it teach the children to allow lawbreakers to
DR>run free, thumb their noses at the law, and make a profit while doing
DR>so?
DR>   Some folks call the cops on lawbreakers.  Others dish it back at
DR>them to show that they will not be victims.  Either way, justice will
DR>be done.

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assistant: And vice versa
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They think you'll bite the bait & they haven't read PL 102-243!
Yep!
Sounds like your about to get rich thru the courts.
If you have been "damaged" and the law is on your side, pursue. However,
your case just went out the window when the defendant shows up with 164'
of black thermal paper with your header on it.
Whatever.
Patience.  Humility.  Consideration for others.  Perspective.  You see,
the individuals who are sending you FAXes do not have the intent or
motive of harming you, but of you purchasing their goods and them buying
groceries for the kiddos with the profit.  Maybe they haven't read PL
102-243.  Maybe you could FAX *them* a copy.  Keep a file of those who
have been 'informed' about the law.  Repeat offenders get to learn about
"small claims court." (ie. a legal and ethical route.)
          Never take your own revenge, beloved, but leave
        room for the wrath of God, for it is written,
        "VENGENCE IS MINE, I WILL REPAY," says the Lord.
                                  Romans 12:19
Richard Hartman