One short story that sets the tone for the majority of hansonite confrontations, is this mini saga, that took place in alt.fan.hanson. It's very revealing of the psychology of the zealous fans, and the kind of motivations they compulsively indulge. It also shows how the zealous fan hasn't an ally to call on within the subgroups of the fans, and how they aren't equipped to handle antagonism.Character Color Guide
It Begins with a plea for assistance in a futile and misguided crusade. From: foxandnoit@aol.com (Foxandnoit) Subject: attack Hanson HatersVERY IMPORTANT!!!!! Date: 12 Apr 1998 00:00:00 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com who here hates it when people go into ngs and starts to bash Hanson? well' i know that i do! so my idea is that we strike back! we all go one by one into alt hanson fans die. die. die. aqnd one by one we start telling them off. i know that a few of us(including me)give them a piece of our minds.so if u want to help me get even w/ them write me @Foxandnoit@aol.com. and put attack haters in the subject box. tell them who sent you and to write me. then i will keep you all posted on whats going on after they get a taste of us! so my question now is who here is a hanson fan?if you are then you'll help me. i need EVERYONES help!i know that some of you wont help, but think of it this way,...were here to help hanson and show our support. so write me if youll help me! taynx for your time. The first reply is not the support she desired. From: karen386@aol.com (Karen386) Date:1998/04/12 Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com > >who here hates it when people go into ngs and starts >to bash Hanson? I don't... they are entitled to their own opinion. If they think Hanson sucks, that's their opinion... besides, if we went over there we'd just give them more attention and then more and more would come... although we don't usually do this here, I'd ignore the bashers... Karen From: fishmann@mindspring.com (Jimbo) Date: 12 Apr 1998 00:00:00 GMT Organization: MindSpring Enterprises On 12 Apr 1998 01:15:22 GMT, foxandnoit@aol.com (Foxandnoit) wrote: [full quoted text; edited for space] We all appreciate you trying to help but doing that would be the worse thing to do. That would just cause more attacks in the NG because they really don't give a rats butt what we think of them and they know that by coming here and bashing Hanson they are getting on the nerves of some people. The *BEST* thing to do is just plain ignore any of their posts and pay them no attention, no matter how annoying they may be or what they may say. They'll just get bored and leave quicker but if you add fuel to the fire then it will only make things worse. Just take a look at what goes on with one of the "fans" here. Whenever this person makes a comment everybody replies and I've been guilty of doing that myself but if we were to all just leave this person be and not say a word to him, no matter how annoying he is, things would get much better around here. Jim "I put contact lenses in my dog's eyes. They had little pictures of cats on them. Then I took one out and he ran around in circles." ~Steven Wright From: czymbopgrl@aol.com (CzyMbopGrl) Date: 12 Apr 1998 00:00:00 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com [full quoted text; edited for space] I don't think we should do that, it will only attract more of them to come here. Anyway, as long as they don't bother us, I respect their opinion on Hanson. From: "Eddy" < sottie@nospam.ozemail.com.au;> Date: 12 Apr 1998 00:00:00 GMT Organization: OzEmail Ltd. -- Remove "nospam" from my address to email me. [full quoted text; edited for space] No, I'm sorry. That sounds like a very silly thing to do! There are people who don't like Hanson there... yes of course, but not all of them come here. Anyone who follows this is as bad, and lame as the bashers that come on this group. Boober, Gobo & Wembley Here she displays her fascist leanings. foxandnoit@aol.com (Foxandnoit) Date: 12 Apr 1998 00:00:00 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com >CzyMbopGrl wrote: >> >> > >> >who here hates it when people go into ngs and starts to bash Hanson? well' >i >> >know that i do! so my idea is that we strike back! we all go one by one >into >> >alt hanson fans die. die. die. aqnd one by one we start telling them off. >i >> >know that a few of us(including me)give them a piece of our minds.so >if >> >u >> >want to help me get even w/ them write me @Foxandnoit@aol.com. and put >attack >> >haters in the subject box. tell them who sent you and to write me. then i >> >will >> >keep you all posted on whats going on after they get a taste of us! so my >> >question now is who here is a hanson fan?if you are then you'll help me. i >> >need >> >EVERYONES help!i know that some of you wont help, but think of it this >> >way,...were here to help hanson and show our support. so write me if youll >> >help >> >me! taynx for your time. >> > >> > >> >> I don't think we should do that, it will only attract more of them to come >> here. Anyway, as long as they don't bother us, I respect their opinion on >> Hanson. > > > >My server doesn't even support the alt.hanson.die.die.die NG > > >DAVE >EO > > >-- >***Entertainment Online Update*** Jerry Springer, is he too hot for TV? >Find out the whole story, next issue! *** To get your free subscription >to EO e-mail friend@sympatico.ca *** Visit the EO homepage >http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Hills/6370 > well,i thought that it was gonna help us to get rid of the hanson haters site. ;>( i was just trying to help them and us. it looks like its just me(again.) and if anyone here wants to help, then,(sigh, sniff) write me. id really appriciate it! oh well, i guess that im all by my self and im doin this all alone. well(very sadly) then good bye. She becomes confused with the difference between a (web)site and newsgroup (note: there is no way to "get rid of" a newsgroup, especially by posting to it; aside from adminastrative control messages.) From: TWCW04C@prodigy.com (M Mcglohon) Date: 17 Apr 1998 00:00:00 GMT Organization: Prodigy Services Company 1-800-PRODIGY >well,i thought that it was gonna help us to get rid of the hanson haters site. >;>( i was just trying to help them and us. it looks like its just me(again.) >and if anyone here wants to help, then,(sigh, sniff) write me. id really >appriciate it! oh well, i guess that im all by my self and im doin this all >alone. well(very sadly) then good bye. > No. That would encourage us. -M the B From: TWCW04C@prodigy.com (M Mcglohon) Date: 17 Apr 1998 00:00:00 GMT Organization: Prodigy Services Company 1-800-PRODIGY foxandnoit@aol.com (Foxandnoit) wrote: [full quoted text; edited for space] Uhh huh. Hey foxanoid, I tried to e-mail you but your box was full or something. Damn. And it was a pretty good bash. Don't bug the die.die.die people. The ones in there pretty much just stay in there. Just bash me. The d.d.d people don't really bug too many people. Hey. that's not supporting hanson to bash the bashers. But feel free... Now, what I mean, is, hanson is made up of a bunch of fairies that wouldn't hurt a flea. That's mainly what bugs me. Now, I mean, i might change my opinion if one of them came on MTV completely stoned or something. Uh, no. I probably wouldn't. But anyways, I won't waste my time on you. -M the B A mini war of words begins, and gives an insight into fan psychology. From: "Sophie Knight" <su3591@eclipse.co.uk> Date: 19 Apr 1998 00:00:00 GMT Organization: "Cable Internet (post doesn't reflect views of Cable Internet)" M Mcglohon wrote in message <6h6asg$1nji$1@newssvr04-int.news.prodigy.com&g t;... [full quoted text; edited for space] > >Uhh huh. Hey foxanoid, I tried to e-mail you but your box was full or >something. Damn. And it was a pretty good bash. >Don't bug the die.die.die people. The ones in there pretty much just >stay in there. Just bash me. The d.d.d people don't really bug too many >people. >Hey. that's not supporting hanson to bash the bashers. But feel free... > Now, what I mean, is, hanson is made up of a bunch of fairies that >wouldn't hurt a flea. That's mainly what bugs me. Now, I mean, i might >change my opinion if one of them came on MTV completely stoned or >something. Uh, no. I probably wouldn't. But anyways, I won't waste my >time on you. > >-M the B > Noooo you are just JEALOUS and you are probably male and can't pull and they are; 1) Young 2) Talented 3) Rich 4) Famous 5) Have MILLIONS of woman after them and you still can't pull 6) Have more thwn 1 brain cell (unlike you who's life obviously revolves around being "stoned" - what a prick you are). The reasons could go on and on . The basic meaning is GO GET A LIFE YOU FAGGOT From: TWCW04C@prodigy.com (M Mcglohon) Date: 19 Apr 1998 00:00:00 GMT Organization: Prodigy Services Company 1-800-PRODIGY >>-M the B >Noooo you are just JEALOUS and you are probably male Bad guess. > and can't pull and What's that supposed to mean? I've never heard that slang term. Is it rap? >they are; >1) Young me too. Can't you tell? (bash myself) >2) Talented >3) Rich >4) Famous blah blah blah blah... >5) Have MILLIONS of woman after them and you still can't pull (sarcasm) Oh yeah. I'm SOOO jealous! >6) Have more thwn 1 brain cell (unlike you who's life obviously revolves >around being "stoned" - what a prick you are). (still in sarcasm) huh? >The reasons could go on and on . (still in sarc) Oh, please go on then. -M the B The hapless Foxandoit finally gets the answer she wanted; and clearly from someone who'd make and 'asset' of themselves. From: "Alan Shearer" <Shearer@microsoft.com> Date: 17 Apr 1998 00:00:00 GMT Organization: Subscriber, Pacific Internet, Singapore I WOULD LOVE TO JOIN YOU STAMP OUT HANSON HATERS. M Mcglohon <TWCW04C@prodigy.com> wrote in article <6h6b1g$185g$1@newssvr04-int.news.prodigy.com&g t;... > > >well,i thought that it was gonna help us to get rid of the hanson haters > site. > >;>( i was just trying to help them and us. it looks like its just > me(again.) > >and if anyone here wants to help, then,(sigh, sniff) write me. id > really > >appriciate it! oh well, i guess that im all by my self and im doin this > all > >alone. well(very sadly) then good bye. > > > > No. That would encourage us. > -M the B > > From: foxandnoit@aol.com (Foxandnoit) Date: 18 Apr 1998 00:00:00 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com >I WOULD LOVE TO JOIN YOU STAMP OUT HANSON HATERS. > > you would? then write me and we can discuss a way to get rid of them. taynx sooooo much 4 your help! She replies enthusiastically, finally having found an ally, never leaving character. Yet still, the detractors persist. From: Centaur <Centaur@Prodigy.Net> Date: 21 Apr 1998 00:00:00 GMT Organization: Prodigy Internet Foxandnoit wrote: > > >>I WOULD LOVE TO JOIN YOU STAMP OUT HANSON HATERS. > >> > >> > > > >you would? then write me and we can discuss a way to get rid of them. taynx > >sooooo much 4 your help! > > > > > the problem was that my box was full. i cleaned it out so if you try again it > should work. > taynx! Start by staying out of their newsgroup! From: "DMODX" <dmodx@cyberdrive.net> Date: 22 Apr 1998 00:00:00 GMT Foxandnoit <foxandnoit@aol.com> wrote in article <1998042102472900.WAA09296@ladder01.news.aol.co m>... > >>I WOULD LOVE TO JOIN YOU STAMP OUT HANSON HATERS. > >> > >> > > > >you would? then write me and we can discuss a way to get rid of them. taynx > >sooooo much 4 your help! > > > > > > the problem was that my box was full. i cleaned it out so if you try again it > should work. > taynx! > > You have as much chance at stomping them out as they have at stamping you out. GROW UP YOU SILLY MISFIT RETARD!!!! From: "ETIENNE W TADJIOGUEU" <EWT5600@prodigy.net> Date: 21 Apr 1998 00:00:00 GMT Organization: Prodigy Services Corp How to you think your going to get rid of me? This is a free country If i want to hate hanson then i will can i can and their is nothign you can do either. Foxandnoit wrote in message <1998041818261500.OAA07011@ladder01.news.aol.co m>... >>I WOULD LOVE TO JOIN YOU STAMP OUT HANSON HATERS. >> >> > >you would? then write me and we can discuss a way to get rid of them. taynx >sooooo much 4 your help! > From: TWCW04C@prodigy.com (M Mcglohon) Date: 25 Apr 1998 00:00:00 GMT Organization: Prodigy Services Company 1-800-PRODIGY >Start by staying out of their newsgroup! (pointing) Ha, ha! -M the B