[dangrossman]

Yeah, people like that exist. I've run into a few that blew up exactly like this, throwing everything they can at me in an endless tirade of e-mails for days, including the nonsense legal threats, and "think of the children" guilt tripping.

It takes very little to set them off -- something as simple as a declined credit card for an advertising purchase has led to multiple accusations of "denying my child food in violation of federal child protection laws". One guy CC'd every e-mail to every United States senator and the FBI.

I just send a polite reply and try to ignore the follow-ups... communicating after there's nothing more to say on the real issue just spurs them on.

[incongruity]

I'm no mental health professional, but I play one on the internet – and that woman sounds like a straight up example of borderline personality disorder with a dash of narcism thrown in.

It's awesome how the internet shortens the distance between you and crazy – reach out and touch someone, indeed.