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to be sick of friends peddling this shite?

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ThatVikRinA22 · 14/06/2010 23:16

i keep getting those round robbin emails from friends who i love that just peddle absolute shite.

i got one which was anti muslim - showing pics from a demo in london in which extremists held placards with emotive slogans on them - so now im meant to what? rush out and hate every muslim??? what a crock of shite.

then i get another saying that the pensioners get x amount while illegal immigrants get x amount in benefits.

really really am so angry. would it be unreasonable to tell my friend that as much as i love her if she sends me this shite again i will not be a happy bunny. really, who sends this shite out in the first place? im really and she knows how i feel about all this 'anti' everthing bollocks.

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booyhoo · 14/06/2010 23:17

can you block these friends from sending you emails?

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ThatVikRinA22 · 14/06/2010 23:18

if i do that will she know?

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scurryfunge · 14/06/2010 23:19

Get rid oif any racist crap on your phone and make it clear you do not want to receive anything similar....do not run the risk of having anything like that on your phone if you are still serious about joining the Police...stuff like that comes back to haunt people.

MarineIguana · 14/06/2010 23:19

Ugh how repellent. I even get annoyed by group emails asking me to sign petitions for things I do believe in, just because they distract me - but this is awful. Don't know what you can do unless you want to tell her straight you don't want any more bigoted nonsense.

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ThatVikRinA22 · 14/06/2010 23:21

seriously - scurry i couldnt be further from this stuff if i tried. its on the pc. ive deleted it immediately and its emails, my phone is ancient and doesnt do anything modern!

but it really gets my goat. she knows it. why is she still forwarding this crap to me?

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booyhoo · 14/06/2010 23:22

i'm not sure if she will know but if she does just tell her why.

Vallhala · 14/06/2010 23:22

Vicar, blocking someone is AFAIK done without their knowledge. (My mail email addy is with Yahoo and I've successfully done so with the poison dwarf my stepmother).

I too get these horrible emails, from a contact in my volunteer work. I used to just delete them but someone recently gave him a piece of their mind, cc-ing to all at the top of the email, and so far he's stopped, thankfully.

No reason why you shouldn't tell your friend that they are not to your taste and clogging up your email box, so please stop sending them is there?

nigglewiggle · 14/06/2010 23:26

I'd be tempted to reply with something like "stop sending me this shite "

How's the training going BTW? Which force are you applying for?

scurryfunge · 14/06/2010 23:26

I think you need to be explicit...tell your friend you do not wish to receive anything like this.

You just have to be careful as members of the public can (and will) complain that you are racist,regardless of your actions...you need to be sure you have not taken part in any racist dialogue should any investigation in the future take place. You will be commended for challenging her, rather than aquiescing.

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ThatVikRinA22 · 14/06/2010 23:28

thing is scurry this is really how i feel about it - im not just saying it for kudos! i hate it and it pisses me off.

and ive told her! and she is still sending me it. think i might just have to tell her...she is an intelligent lovely lady and why on earth she has sent me it is beyond me.

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DuelingFanjo · 14/06/2010 23:29

seriously - I would 'reply all' saying 'please don't send me this kind of stuff again' if possible with a link to snopes or some similar site which debunks this kind of thing.

I bet there will be at least one other person on the email group who agrees with you.

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ThatVikRinA22 · 14/06/2010 23:30

would snopes debunk it? i hope so. ill get DH to help me tomorrow then and ill reply all.

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MarineIguana · 14/06/2010 23:31

In fact the police thing is a good reason to give - you could send an email to everyone asking them not to send you these round robins as you are absolutely not interested and do not agree with them - then if anyone picks you up on it, tell them they are damaging your prospects if they do it. And you will also have the evidence that you sent that email, if you're ever accused of taking part in this kind of stuff.

scurryfunge · 14/06/2010 23:35

It is difficult....you will be accused of losing your sense of humour and of being "right on". Try to ignore it...if you have a strong sense of how to treat people with respect, you will fing it easy to reject these harmful emails.

JoInScotland · 14/06/2010 23:39

Valhalla I think I snapped on one mass-forward that wanted everyone to wash their tins from the supermarket to get "the rat piss off". I replied to all on the massive "to" list and sent a Snopes link along with it; the original poster wasn't too chuffed with that, but hey....

So I think if you can snap over that, feel free to reply to everyone on the mass-hate-distribution list, why not? As DuelingFanjo said, you won't be alone in not appreciating these emails.

MrsCrafty · 15/06/2010 01:38

I simply asked friends not to send me 'jokes/stupid' emails anymore and they didn't.

Every stupid one; a la Jamie Bulgers murderers are living in this mansion in Bermuda, I replied with a link to a snopes page and now I don't get them. I was very taken in by one of the first emails on this.

If someone thinks I might find babies nice, they send (coz I luv babeees) but nothing else.

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