Further correspondence

Natwatch2 has received a copy of the e-mail exchange between our harrassed reader and the now infamous P4P, mentioned in this previous post.

These have been edited to protect our reader's privacy, edits signified with [square brackets].

On 23/08/05, Nat Watch natwatch@gmail.com wrote:

We take no prisoners. All we ask of you is that you write us some articles and send us some photo's. You have until the end of the day to send in your first drafts.

Then we might stop emailing you at work.

and also

From: Nat Watch natwatch@gmail.com
Subject: Re: hi
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 17:20:48 +0100

Clock's ticking...

To which our reader replied:

On 23/08/05, [Natwatch2 fan] wrote:

If you cause any personal hassle to me, rest assured that I will be showing off these emails which show your aggressive threatening bullying behaviour.

Perhaps you should call it quits now.

I hear of a website called http://natwatchwatch.blogspot.com/ that would be very happy to receive such emails of you displaying behaviour that you so readily judge in others.

You gonna call it quits, or what?

Which was followed by:

From: Nat Watch natwatch@gmail.com
Subject: Re: hi
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 09:43:50 +0100

There are three things you've neglected to mention: a) You don't know who we are, and neither does anyone else. b) Our jobs are not at stake. c) We're not ashamed of anything we've said in these emails, we'll happily forward the full transcripts to Martin Shipton of the Western Mail. [Sentence removed] We don't want your articles, we just throught we'd offer you a way out, since you seem so reluctant, we'll have to consider our next move... If we've got "nothing" on you. Why do you seem so eager to call it "quits"?

Has Mr Shipton also received these? Our reader replied with:

On 24/08/05, [Natwatch2 fan] wrote:

[Three sentences removed] My job is not at stake. My bosses are too busy and too wise to listen to a malicious spineless anonymous coward like you. You would achieve nothing. You really do have an inflated view of your own self-importance. You have no status at all as you are nothing but an anonymous coward, threatening people behind a mask. Why don't you reveal yourself, coward? Shame on you. You are not in any position to be judging the behaviour of others.

When I say quits, I mean I want to be left alone. I don't appreciate threats from anyone. I particularly don't appreciate threats from an anonymous spinless coward. If you continue with your threats I will go to the police. Now don't you contact me ever again or give me any further hassle.

Got that?

This email was replied to in a slightly less aggressive tone with:

From: Nat Watch natwatch@gmail.com
Subject: Re: hi Date:
Wed, 24 Aug 2005 13:38:20 +0100

We merely asked if you would like to write us articles and become one of our correspondents. You are a very useful contact. In time, we may feel able to reveal our identtity to you. We have gone to painstaking lenghts to remain annonymous, our website is virtually untraceable. Surely it must be quite obvious to you why (and it's got nothing to do with you). If not, then fine. We won't contact your bosses because we have better things to do. We don't really want you to lose your job, becuase you're not really a proper Nat. If we don't hear from you again within 24 hours, we will delete the conversation from our email account. If, on the other hand, you are still intersted in contributing, please let us know. NW

Our now distressed reader replied with this message:

--- [Natwatch2 fan] wrote:

Right now I'm seriously considering getting the police involved. You have really pissed me off in a big way. You have absolutely no right to be demanding anything from me or threatening to cause me personal hassle in any way, especially from behind a position of anonymity. I don't see your behaviour being that different to someone sending anonymous threatening letters through my front door.

So give it a rest, you anonymous coward.

Strangely, nothing more was heard.