little old me, believe it or not ...

3 weeks ago I received a PM from a brand-new Eons user, apparently - because there was no real indication otherwise - commenting on a different head shot that I had just donned. In an effort to assure compliance with the Eons TOU I will not post the content in toto here, but in essence it was 'did you take that picture?' ( yes, it was taken by a friend using my camera ) and "\'did you put that caption on it?' ( yes, using MSPAINT ). The reply to my reply was 'it is my picture, you stole it'.

Yeah, right so I fired back: 'bullshit, just go away' and I blocked the user.

I then came to find in more than one Eons group the contention that the picture in question was - at best IMO a turista snap, perhaps a scanned postcard, of a Disney attraction - and that the user ( now renamed after tallbob's suggestion ) was seriously annoyed by my migration of that image from a group that I had inherited the management of to a new group that I had constructed to replace it. When that group change happened, the "now re-enabled" Eons username did not exist and I had no way to "ask permission". Well, seeing as Eons provides postable URL to every image hosted here I just went ahead and did it, along with all of the other images in the old group. ... remember that Eons terms a group Manager "owner" and can you say "implied consent"?

OK, so - said Eons user ( and note that I have yet to name the individual, still making effort to stay within the Eons TOU ... but if you look over your shoulder you'll know who I am referring to ) commenced to:

1) post a msg "Photo-Rip" in several Eons groups, naming yours truly and referring to moi' as a thief, and
2) send me more 'hate mail' ( and got blocked ), and
3) posted 2 "skeltons" as gifts to my profile, along with - ahem - clever textual coment behind them ( I can only imagine what would've been going on if I allowed 'guest comments'! )

OK, so - after reposting the migrated content to the new group in a way that offered the "photographer" credit for the work and clearly showed the original source, I reported some of the above as 'inappropriate material' as is suggested to be the correct course of action. I received confirmation, twice, that Eons had taken action and figured "case closed". I had also asked that one of the #1's above be closed and/or removed ( which it was ) and then - as follow on replies were posted therein - continued defending myself from the snide, outrageous and slanderous allegations.

Then I got personal and - being under the influence of pain killers from surgery last Friday - stitched together a classic Calvin "p*ss on it" image and posted it to The Lunatic Fringe as the conclusion of a "critique this image" thread.

That was a mistake because it got me a 'warning' from Eons. But I DO NOT regret it nor will I apologize for it unless directed to do so. The group post has been removed. Again - case closed.

OK so - today I find ( at last count ) 2 more brand-new slanderous posts from this individual, both of which have been reported to Eons as inappropriate.

We'll see what continues from here on out; I have asked Eons to - in the immortal words of Archie Bunker - "stifle this user once and for all"

Isn't life grand?