Yesterday I mentioned Joseph Parker, (joep152@aol.com) the ... ahem, entrepreneur, let's keep it at that ... who registered choseung-hui.com and other domains related to the massacre at Virgina Tech. He hopes to turn a profit in the neighborhood of a million bucks for that domain name. 'Round these parts, we call that blood-sucking.

I encouraged readers to send Joseph Parker e-mail (at joep152@aol.com) and let him know what you think about his attempt to cash in on the massacre of more than thirty innocent people ... and I did just that after I posted yesterday's entry. Well, guess what, folks? Joseph Parker (joep152@aol.com) actually answered my e-mail.

Here's the text of the quick note I sent yesterday:

Registering domain names like choseung-hui.com and vtmurders.com in the hopes of making a profit is a soulless, disgusting, reprehensible thing to do. I
wish you nothing but the worst of all possible luck in all of your endeavors.

And here's the response I got from Joseph Parker (at joep152@aol.com):

I know, Me, Time Inc, Forever & Memories, and Kingworld Entertainment are all scum. Now go Purchase a Another Car Magnet, MagnetAmerica's Stockholders are counting on you..

I got a grin out of that. I guess I might have gotten under his skin a bit. So I sent a response:

Actually, I don't own any car magnets, not that I've ever thought about them one way or the other. So you missed your guess in that regard, but I'd say that your assessment of yourself and other vultures is dead-on accurate. How does it feel to look in the mirror every day and see a parasite?

I'll update this post if I get a response.

According to The Roanoke Times, Joseph Parker (did I mention that his e-mail addy is joep152@aol.com?) has a website he's using to try to sell his recently purchased domain names. That site is The E Trader, and as of this writing it's "down for service." Here's hoping the service goes badly and he's never able to get back in business.

Oh, and speaking of parasites ... typically computer viruses are a terrible thing, of course, but I kinda like this one: There's an e-mail going around that promises the reader video footage of people being shot at VT ... and if they open it and try to run the attached program, called TERROR_EM_VIRGINIA.scr, they end up installing a trojan that sends their bank user names, passwords, etc, to the bad guys.

Good for the bad guys.

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