Maybe it’s my eyes… or all the saucy Internet marketing posts. Either way, this woman felt the need to send me this “grammatically challenged” notice to take down my porn site.
From: “Miriam (last name deleted)”
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003
To: Carmen
Subject: Note to cease and desist.Carmen,
I came to your site following a from klipfarm. I like the colors and layouts of your site but do not approve your degrarding women on the internet by displaying your pornographic pictures. There are many women circulationg pictures and given men the wrong idea. Please take down your pictures or close your web site.
Thank you for your prompta ttention.
Sincerely,
Miriam (last name deleted)
I didn’t reply to her message because, heck, it’s my right to run *this* adult site if I wanted to. But this clearly troubled Miriam, leading her to send me a second notice the following day.
I didn’t realize AOL had the authority to shut down a website simply because one of their users asked them to…
From: “Miriam (last name deleted)”
Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2003
To: Carmen
Subject: Note #2 To Cease And Desist.Carmen,
I sent you an message yesterday with my lack of approval for your site. You did not honor my firm request and I am now force to report you to AOL and they will soon remove your web site in 24 hours.
I ask again, please take down your pictures or close your web site or AOL will remove your account in 24 hours.
Thank you for your prompt attentin.
Sincerely,
Miriam (last name deleted)
I was contemplating on whether or not I should send Miriam a reply, and decided against it. I initially thought she sent her complaint to me by mistake, when it hit me that she was *here* at my site (twice at least) looking at this very page while submitting a message using my helpdesk.
May I suggest you do a search for “adult site” on your favorite search engine and look at those pages… or maybe not. Your eyes might start bleeding and I certainly don’t want to be responsible for that.
About the Author...
Carmen Sakurai (aka "Marketing Chick") is an Internet Marketer, Web Designer & Developer, and a Social Media & Relationship Marketing Addict. You can connect with Carmen via Twitter and Facebook.
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