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While the content of the e-mail is of course noxious and appalling, what's really awful is the sense of entitlement exuded by this. It isn't just an obnoxious proposition: it's an attempt at coercion. "I won't leave until you sleep with me" isn't usually put so clearly by harrassers, but there you have it.

> Following that story, Curda – who is divorced – yesterday Tweeted that his email had been “hacked”.

Isn't "I've been hacked!" becoming a pretty trite excuse these days for when one is caught in an embarrassing situation involving e-mail, technology, etc.? It almost invariably turns out to be a fairly bald lie. [0]

[0] http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0511/55877.html