But no, this is gen-u-ine flame mail. I feel special. I feel proud. I feel American. I even feel moved to update my website.
These flames are regarding The Mouse Saga. I have cut the headers and painful HTML formatting of some of this email, but I present this to you otherwise unchanged. If I've hit someone's radar, there may well be more!
For the record, I support the ethical treatment of animals. For more information, take a look at Bonsai Kitten. Those folks have taught me so much about the proper care of pets!
If anyone thinks I am breaking any law or statute or MIT policy, please, tell me. Send me the cite. Don't tell me that you believe me to be breaking the law - send me a reference to the actual law or policy. People just don't realise that a surprising amount of genuinely horrible things are perfectly legal.
Also note that people who flame me *politely* don't make it onto this site, at least not until they devolve into irrational blather. I respect your privilege to disagree with me, and I am in fact more than willing to engage in an ethical debate. Note, however, that this debate will touch on not only the ethics of my behavior as documented in the mouse log, but also the ethics of posting it to the internet, and the ethics of those who respond to such postings.
I would include a line about the wisdom of believing everything you read online. In this case, however, the documented events actually happened. But if you believe that the tone and tenor of my website are entirely indicative of my personality, then I will be forced to believe that the tone and tenor of your... communications with me are indicative of yours.
And to whomever is forwarding me to mailing lists: hey, thanks! Want to send me the list name so I can come over and have discussions with you there? Obviously, I'm relevant to your list, so it would be kind of you to let me know where you're coming from!