Gone Too Far

This weekend something a bit unexpected occurred. It appears that on Saturday October 20th Wenche received eight emails from yahoo and hotmail accounts of a disturbing nature. I will comment on those letters in a different blog as it does involve me. All eight messages came from eight different email addresses and at eight different times. Each message had different content on it and had a different style of writing to them. One of two things has occurred here. Either one person using eight email accounts is sending eight different messages for the fun of it or this was a result of a coordinated effort. It's improbable that Wenche would receive eight messages from eight different people randomly. Now, Wenche has received messages in the past and that's understandable but this was a little too obvious.

The content of the messages were all negative about me. Basically the messages in not so settle ways tried to create a wedge between me and Wenche and initiate a break up between us. How much were lies, distortions, ignorance, or half truths cannot be none yet, but the purpose was clear. Some of the messages had to deal with Solidarity, I blame the Davis Wiki because I told those fools to take it down and they haven't. No wonder we both get messages about Solidarity, and especially true that we get messages from people who assume we stand for things that are out of date. But these messages were a little more than political.

Now normally I would be amused by such a coordinated effort to cause me grief and damage. Knowing that many people within the liberal establishment hate me so much that they would try this kind of personal attack makes me proud to be who I am. But this is a little different because it not only affects me but Wenche as well. The messages were disturbing, upsetting, and downright depressing. I have three theories about how this attack came about:

Theory 1: One person using eight email accounts sent eight different nasty letters to Wenche about eight different subjects to make it appear as if eight people were attacking her. This tactic of using sock puppet email accounts to make you more numerous than you actually are is something I do all the time, however I have never used such accounts in such a manner. For instance I have twelve empirestv accounts, pretty obvious all of the accounts belong to me. If this theory is true than the person sending the messages has no life and is creepy as hell, beyond my level of shadiness which is quite high.

Theory 2: A group of people got together and sent out the messages in a coordinated fashion in order to cause a romantic break up between Wenche and I and hoped to shatter Solidarity. This seems more likely but who was the leader? Was this done in a meeting or something that was discussed around on the phone or AIM. Was it a slate, eight messages is a similar size to a slate? Was it one person who got a bunch of buddies and sent out the messages. Either way, a coordinated effort to cause emotional distress and pain is a new low for any organization or group.

Theory 3: Completely random happenings. So unlikely that I do not consider it a reality.

Now you might disagree with me for various reasons, maybe you even hate me personally and I understand that. But to send messages to my girlfriend in order to cause a break up is a low that I would never stoop to. I am not only annoyed by this but qutie angered by this as well. All of the accounts were made from non-UC Davis accounts making it difficult to track who these people are. Better hope to hell your email address don't find their way on a search engine where I can track a name. It was smart to be anonymous but it was also quite cowardly. Smart because I will have difficulty retaliating against you.

What is imporant about all of this is that it ultimately failed. Solidarity is the same as it was: dormant, and our relationship still exists. Even if we did break up over whatever reason it would never be because of you guys and your silly emails. I am going to make a copy of all of these messages, I am going to try and find out who sent them, and then I am going to see what I can do about it. This isn't the first time either. Wenche has received text messages from anonymous sources that have personally attacked her. You might think that this is normal in student government politics and what not. No, it's not. It really isn't okay to send a coordinated armada of emails to someone in order to damage a relationship. It's not okay to send out creepy text messages to someone's phone. What next, will we get visits to the apartment from ASUCD ninjas?

But you know what cheers us up during bad times? There is the pleasure in knowing that someday we will be able to strike back at you guys and it won't be through emails, it will be so much worse. Keep the emails coming, it will help me find out who you are.