The following email was sent to Easynews following notice that Leyland
had complained about innocuous posted material:
It has come to my attention that an individual using the name Steve
This individual seeks to be offended by posts, even if they are totally
innocuous. In other words, his motive is simply to disrupt the
otherwise peaceful activity of others. Easynews would be well advised
to respond cautiously, if at all, to complaints mounted by this
individual. Inasmuch as I am not privy to your procedure in responding
to complaints, I would nevertheless suggest that no complaint be acted
upon unless it is substantiated from a number of diverse sources.
In at least one such complaint by this individual, the subject matter
was Russian nudist photography from the 1950s, in which there were no
pornographic components: I am very familiar with both the genre and the
period. The aforenamed individual then posted messages bragging about
his complaint and the Easynews action in withdrawing the group of photos
from circulation. That, in itself, is grounds for disqualifying that
person from consideration of actionable complaints. To pose an analogy,
would Easynews remove photos of Ferraris because someone objected to
Italians? While there may be legitimate abuse complaints, they are more
likely to center around harrassment by militant individuals than posters
of topical information. It would be in the best interests of Easynews
not to take seriously the howling complaints of psychotic crusaders.
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