Can I stop zealots from soliciting me?

Fellhand

So today my girlfriend called me while I was at work to tell me a card came in the mail. We had just gone to a wedding so I thought it was a thank you card. It turns out that it was from some nut job in the lower part of the state that hand wrote a card that was pimping some kind of crazy religion and condemning homosexuals.

My questions are: How did they get my address? My address is listed in the phone book, but my girlfriend's name is not listed with it.

I started to think about it a little more and my girlfriend has a unisex name, are they sending me this shit because they think I'm a homosexual?

Is there something I can do about them basically sending me hate speech?

tony_important

Yes, write him a reply telling him that you disagree with his religion and his beliefs, then request that he send you nothing else in the mail or you'll ring him up for harassment.

Invisible

tony_important wrote:

Yes, write him a reply telling him that you disagree with his religion and his beliefs, then request that he send you nothing else in the mail or you'll ring him up for harassment.

Also known as the Jack Thompson defense. Alternatively, since this is the first time it's happened, I'd just toss it in the trash and ignore it. If he still continues to send you crap, then go with the harassment angle.

Did it actually come in the mail or was it something left in your mailbox (ie did it have postage and all that)?

Fellhand

It had postage and all that. I initally thought it was something that just threw in our mailbox, which confused me because we have a key only box, but my girlfriend said they actually hand wrote our address and had postage.

ViolentChemistry

Just throw it away. Or if that's not satisfying enough, burn it somewhere fire-safe. Urinating on the charred remains to put out the last flames is optional.

Doc

I have a very common German last name, and my family once got some hand-addressed skinhead propaganda. It was creepy as hell, but a one time occurrence.

Demitri

Oftentimes "handwritten" letters are actually printed, just using a font that looks like it was handwritten. People pay a lot more attention to mail that looks like it was personalized especially for them.

Chances are it's just spam and when you get a chance, look close, it's probably not actually handwritten.

ben0207

Urgh, Zealots.

"Zergling insurance plan" my arse.

Doc

Demitri wrote:

Oftentimes "handwritten" letters are actually printed, just using a font that looks like it was handwritten. People pay a lot more attention to mail that looks like it was personalized especially for them.

Chances are it's just spam and when you get a chance, look close, it's probably not actually handwritten.

When I got mine, you could see the depressions from the ball-point pen. It's not unlikely that it was hand-addressed, at least. These people have a lot of time on their hands.

Letukka

NO, theres nothing you can do to them not getting your address..
Just throw it in trash and ignore incoming spam from these "jews" (I don`t know the english word for them but in my country they go around the doors telling ppl who are not interested about gsus and angels and shit)..
It`s some government conspiracy

ViolentChemistry

Letukka wrote:

NO, theres nothing you can do to them not getting your address..
Just throw it in trash and ignore incoming spam from these "jews" (I don`t know the english word for them but in my country they go around the doors telling ppl who are not interested about gsus and angels and shit)..
It`s some government conspiracy

I assure you, "jew" is absolutely the least appropriate word to use there concievably possible in English.

Letukka

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I assure you, "jew" is absolutely the least appropriate word to use there concievably possible in English.[/quote]

I know it`s not "jew" (no offence for jewish peeps)

But I seriously don`t remember the word for those dudes that come to your house to praise gsus..

If my comments offended someone/someones religion I`m sorry

Never intented

Wombthrasher Deathmetal

Keep the letter and envelope. That way if it is a harassment issue that continues, and not some random letter, you'll have documents and postage dates.

In all likelihood though, it probably is some random letter sent off by some organization.

vonPoonBurGer

Letukka wrote:

I know it`s not "jew" (no offence for jewish peeps)

But I seriously don`t remember the word for those dudes that come to your house to praise gsus..

You're probably thinking of the Jehovah's Witnesses.

#14

Letukka wrote:

NO, theres nothing you can do to them not getting your address..
Just throw it in trash and ignore incoming spam from these "jews" (I don`t know the english word for them but in my country they go around the doors telling ppl who are not interested about gsus and angels and shit)..
It`s some government conspiracy

I am sorry but this is the funniest shit I ever came across on PA.

And yeah, I'd ignore it. It will become a problem when he's sending you more shit.

Gotcha Force

Letukka wrote:

NO, theres nothing you can do to them not getting your address..
Just throw it in trash and ignore incoming spam from these "jews" (I don`t know the english word for them but in my country they go around the doors telling ppl who are not interested about gsus and angels and shit)..
It`s some government conspiracy

Demitri wrote:

Oftentimes "handwritten" letters are actually printed, just using a font that looks like it was handwritten. People pay a lot more attention to mail that looks like it was personalized especially for them.

Chances are it's just spam and when you get a chance, look close, it's probably not actually handwritten.

having a hand written letter from these nut jobs is not too far fetched.. i seriously doubt his girlfriend was duped by "handwriting font lookalike"