tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33505889635238212722024-03-21T09:45:23.804-04:00BronxsterA chronicle of the ongoing aggravated harassment, intimidation and defamation campaign waged against me by Ed Garcia Conde, who publishes a self-aggrandizing blog called "Welcome2TheBronx," and his associates at South Bronx Unite Against Fresh Direct.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05476953250633817830noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3350588963523821272.post-70088013729904566392015-11-12T15:53:00.001-05:002015-11-13T10:07:34.052-05:00WELCOME 2 ED GARCIA CONDE'S CAMPAIGN FOR BRONX BOROUGH PRESIDENT<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">Ed García Conde apparently has <span style="color: #444444;"><b><a href="http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20151110/mott-haven/controversial-piano-district-billboard-defaced-with-paint-splatter" target="_blank">political ambitions</a></b></span>. He recently took to Facebook to publicly announce that he is "considering" a run for Bronx Borough President in 2017. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">Conde kicks off his quixotic quasi-campaign in six sentences (the majority of which are run-ons) and 177-words (73 percent of which are monosyllabic): </span></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">I never consider running for office ever. I mean it has
crossed my mind but never seriously but the crap that's going on in our borough
right now makes me seriously considering running for borough president just
because The Bronx deserves and demands better and although I may not be better
I do know I won't ever sell my borough to the highest bidder and I'd make sure
no one was left out from the table.</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">No closed door meetings and dealings, full transparency
as well as demanding investigations into our crooked political system and
organizations that take tax payers dollars and abuse them.</span> </span></i></blockquote>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">I won't promise to fix everything since that's not
realistic but I'll make sure the best minds of our borough and everyone from
all walks of life and socioeconomic levels are there by my side to guide me to
do the right things that the community needs.</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">Never thought I'd say such things and feel them deep in
my heart and soul but it feels right.</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">Our interests aren't being met or considered.</span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">It's a fair bet that</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"> Conde's promise to "</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">make sure
no one was left out from the table" <a href="http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/city-hall/2015/11/8582369/de-blasio-mark-viverito-meet-foes-freshdirect" target="_blank"><span style="color: #444444;"><b>doesn't include anyone</b></span></a> who thinks Bronx residents will benefit from <a href="http://www.welcometothebronx.nyc/2014/10/welcome-2-my-nightmare.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #444444;">Fresh Direct building a distribution center</span></b></a> in an area of the South Bronx zoned for industrial use.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">Nonetheless, may I suggest that to "</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">make sure the best minds of our borough...are there by my side to guide me to
do the right things" one of those geniuses knows how to write and edit grammatically proper prose. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">Here is a lightly copy-edited version of Conde's announcement, with corrected grammar, punctuation and verb tense inconsistency (for the most part, I left the run-on sentences alone, because I didn't want to spend more than a minute or two editing his unnecessarily wordy verbiage):</span></span><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">I never consider<b><span style="color: red;">ed</span></b> running for office<b><span style="color: red;">,</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>ever.
I mean<b><span style="color: red;">,</span></b>
it has crossed my mind<b><span style="color: red;">,</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>but never
seriously<b><span style="color: red;">.</span></b><span style="color: red;"> <b>B</b></span>ut the
crap that's going on in our borough right now makes me seriously consider<b><s><span style="color: red;">ing</span></s></b>
running for borough president<b><span style="color: red;">.</span></b> <b><s><span style="color: red;">just because </span></s></b>The Bronx deserves and demands
better<b><span style="color: red;">,</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>and although I may not be better<b><span style="color: red;">,</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>I
do know I won't ever sell my borough to the highest bidder and I'd make sure no
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">No closed door meetings and dealings, full transparency<b><span style="color: red;">,</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>as well as demanding investigations into our crooked
political system and organizations that take <b><span style="color: red;">taxpayer’s</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>dollars
and abuse them.</span> </span></i></blockquote>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">I won't promise to fix everything<b><span style="color: red;">,</span></b> since that's not realistic<b><span style="color: red;">,</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>but I'll make sure the best minds of our borough and
everyone from all walks of life and socioeconomic levels are there by my side
to guide me to do the right things that the community needs.</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">Never thought I'd say such things<b><span style="color: red;">,</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>and
feel them deep in my heart and soul<b><span style="color: red;">,</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>but it feels
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">Our interests aren't being met or considered.</span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is a freebie, Conde. You're welcome.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Given <b><span style="color: #444444;"><a href="http://www.welcometothebronx.nyc/2014/10/welcome-2-my-nightmare.html" target="_blank">my past dealings with him</a></span></b>, I know that Conde will "ask kindly" for your vote, but is prepared to use "other means" to extort, um, exhort you to pull the lever for him on Election Day. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">This logo for Bronx BBQ Pit Gastropub not only includes concentric circles, but also the word "Bronx" -- the bogus basis on which Ed Garcia Conde <span style="color: #444444;"><b><a href="http://www.welcometothebronx.nyc/2014/10/welcome-2-my-nightmare.html" target="_blank">demanded</a></b></span> that I cease and desist using my parody of hipster logos on my Tumblr blog and social media pages. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I wonder if he will contact the owners of this new gastropub on Twitter to "ask kindly" that they change their logo, and will then threaten to sic his "attorneys" on them when they refuse.</span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05476953250633817830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3350588963523821272.post-61675421012009321182015-03-25T22:10:00.002-04:002015-03-26T00:28:47.856-04:00HOW THE "BROKEN WINDOWS" THEORY OF POLICING APPLIES TO THUGGISH BEHAVIOR ON SOCIAL MEDIA<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">While researching something on Google, I came across a <span style="color: #444444;"><b><a href="http://www.thedomains.com/2014/10/23/a-rumble-in-the-bronx-over-a-couple-nyc-domains" target="_blank">rewrite</a></b></span> of the Daily News <span style="color: #666666;"><b><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bronx/bronx-bloggers-web-words-domains-article-1.1983746" target="_blank">article</a></b></span> in which Ed Garcia Conde made defamatory comments about me on </span></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Calibri, Candara, Segoe, 'Segoe UI', Optima, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 25px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><b><span style="color: #444444;"><a href="http://www.thedomains.com/about-us/" target="_blank">TheDomains.com</a></span></b><span style="color: #444444;">, a Florida-based industry news site that publishes "content created by domain name experts."</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">One commenter nicely sums up Conde's irrational over-reaction to my legal purchase of the two .nyc domain names he coveted: </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="background-color: white; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 25px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><i>“[T]his is the ultimate act of aggression?” I can think of a few acts more ultimate than registering a domain</i>.</span></i></span> </span></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Conde is as utterly un-self-aware as a person can be, and seems unable to gauge how his words and actions will be judged by rational people. Those who adjudicate domain name disputes via the </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">ICANN arbitration process, for instance. </span></span> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Or a judge and jury considering the merits of a defamation suit. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Or people who take issue with online harassment, bullying and threats of violence. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">An <span style="color: #444444;"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/26/opinion/jochen-bittner-twitters-broken-windows.html" target="_blank">op-ed</a></b></span> in today's New York Times likens online thuggishness to the "Broken Windows" theory of policing:</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">"Introduced
by the social scientists James Q. Wilson and George L. Kelling, Broken
Windows posits that, once a building has a broken window, the entire
neighborhood is prone to vandalism and crime. Why? Because a broken
window is more than shattered glass: It is a symbol of indifference
toward other people’s property and of lack of care and control. The
signal the broken window sends is: You can do damage without being held
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generation later, there’s some evidence online that Broken Windows
applies to people, too. What starts with one mean tweet or Facebook post
can quickly turn into a bullying campaign, and even go offline. ... The consequences are just as
dangerous for civil society, political culture and the credibility of
the media as the broken windows were in Professors Wilson and Kelling’s
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Twitter, Facebook and other social media sites have shirked their responsibility to create anti-abuse algorithms that can <span style="color: #444444;"><b><a href="http://www.welcometothebronx.nyc/2014/10/welcome-2-my-nightmare.html" target="_blank">identify users who bully, harass or threaten others</a></b></span> and to establish effective policies to ban them. For this reason, author </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Jochen Bittner, a political editor for the weekly newspaper Die Zeit, proposes that lawmakers must consider "</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">a zero-tolerance strategy, of the sort Mr. Giuliani pursued
in New York" and pass laws that "</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">require social-media companies to crack down on abusive behavior,
or face penalties."</span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05476953250633817830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3350588963523821272.post-53886760618968940792015-03-10T15:24:00.000-04:002015-03-17T19:09:25.065-04:00ED GARCIA CONDE NEEDS TO MOBILIZE HIS TEAM OF COPYRIGHT ATTORNEYS RIGHT AWAY!<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Bronx Ambassador Baron Ambrosia</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">—</span></span>who <b><span style="color: #444444;"><a href="http://bronxhipster.tumblr.com/post/99173561965/the-new-york-post-notes-that-anthony-bourdain" target="_blank">took Anthony Bourdain on a culinary tour of our borough</a></span></b> for his CNN show "Parts Unknown" last October</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">—</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #444444;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10206169112926308" target="_blank">posted</a></span></b> an interesting image to <b><span style="color: #444444;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10206169112926308&set=a.1677869426100.95555.1218427728&type=1&theater" target="_blank">his Facebook timeline</a></span></b> today: The Official Bronx Pipe Smoking Society logo, designed by <b><span style="color: #444444;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/jasonengdahl" target="_blank">Jason Engdahl</a></span></b>:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">And just a few hours later, this sponsored ad from <b><span style="color: #444444;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Fiverr" target="_blank">Fiverr</a></span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #444444;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Fiverr" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span></a></span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">—</span></span>an electronic marketplace for freelancers, such as <b><span style="color: #444444;"><a href="https://www.fiverr.com/categories/graphics-design/creative-logo-design/#layout=auto&page=1" target="_blank">graphic artists who design logos</a></span></b>, and people who need the services they provide</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">—</span></span>popped up <span style="color: #444444;"><b><a href="http://lp.fiverr.com/logo-fb/?utm_source=facebook-acquisition&utm_medium=display&utm_campaign=Social.com_Logo-EasyGold-Link-LP_US_SU-Reg_F_46+-+65_ABSOLUTE_OCPM&utm_term=dde03qewdk53n&sb_src=dde03qewdk53n&app_data=%7B%5C%22sb_src%5C%22%3A%5C%22dde03qewdk53n%5C%22%7D" target="_blank">in my Facebook newsfeed</a></b></span>:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Both X-logos are much <a href="http://www.welcometothebronx.nyc/2014/10/welcome-2-my-nightmare.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #444444;">more similar to Ed Conde Garcia's logo than my parody</span></b></a> of X-logos</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">—</span></span>and Engdahl's logo even references "The Bronx," which Garcia had a particular objection to in my parody design. As the self-anointed "<span style="color: #444444;"><b><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/welcome2melrose" target="_blank">Google of The Bronx</a></b></span>," Garcia appears to believe that he owns the word "Bronx."</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Although an intellectual property attorney advised Garcia that my parody was not "substantially similar" to his "Welcome 2 The Bronx" logo, he threatened me with legal action, made defamatory accusations against me on Facebook and <span style="color: #444444;"><b><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bronx/bronx-bloggers-web-words-domains-article-1.1983746" target="_blank">in the New York Daily News</a></b></span> and promised to settle the matter "by other means"</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">—</span></span>by which he meant inciting his friends and followers <span style="color: #444444;"><b><a href="http://www.welcometothebronx.nyc/2014/12/can-you-spell-defamation-john-doyle-and.html" target="_blank">to make similar accusations</a></b></span> and to <span style="color: #444444;"><b><a href="http://www.welcometothebronx.nyc/2014/10/welcome-2-my-nightmare.html" target="_blank">threaten me with bodily harm</a></b></span>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Garcia's (imaginary) team of lawyers are going to be very busy sending </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Engdahl and </span></span>graphic artists on Fiverr who design X-logos (imaginary) C&D letters. You've <i>really</i> stepped in it now, guys! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Apparently, all of Ed Garcia Conde's friends are moonlighting as jailhouse lawyers -- including </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">John Doyle</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">, formerly an aide to State Senator </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">Jeff Klein,</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">and NYC social studies teacher Stephen Swieciki. </span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Falsely accusing someone of fraud, impersonation and stealing intellectual property in a public forum is defamatory. Someone must have clued Swieciki in, because he edited his comment to add the word "allegedly" after a couple of hours. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But the original version remains on Facebook's servers, and the company will know how many people saw the defamatory comment. And John Doyle's, too. Even if they are subsequently deleted.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So I get this PM from one Alex Brown, who apparently objects to screenshots of comments he made on a public Facebook page being posted here. He considers it a "deformation of character." I'd say that anyone who gleefully participates in a comment thread where threats are being made against someone has demonstrated a deformed character.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Brown is welcome to take screenshots of the posts and comments on my wall or my page, "<b><span style="color: #666666;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/BronxHipster"><span style="color: #666666;">Williamsbridge: The Undiscovered Williamsburg</span></a>,</span></b>" or my group, "<b><span style="color: #666666;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/100PercentPureBronx/"><span style="color: #666666;">100% Pure Bronx</span></a>.</span></b>" He won't find any of the ugly behavior exhibited by Conde's friends and followers. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Oh well, I guess I should be grateful that Brown doesn't consider this a "satanic" blog.</span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05476953250633817830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3350588963523821272.post-91988456859351716372014-10-27T20:19:00.000-04:002015-01-11T22:35:29.973-05:00 WELCOME 2 MY NIGHTMARE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> am an <span style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ruthpapazianeditor4startups"><span style="color: #666666;"><b>award-winning
health and medical writer</b></span></a> </span>who has lived in the Morris Park section of the
East Bronx practically my whole life, except for a brief stint in Arizona to help care for my late father who had suffered a serious medical issue while visiting family. A few months ago, I made the mistake of
exercising my First Amendment rights on Facebook by disagreeing with members of
South Bronx Unite Against Fresh Direct about the health-related consequences of
Fresh Direct building a distribution center on <a href="https://www.nycourts.gov/courts/ad1/calendar/appsmots/2014/March/2014_03_27_dec.pdf"><b><span style="color: #666666;">a parcel of land in the South Bronx that is zoned for industrial use</span></b></a>. </span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Members of South Bronx Unite targeted me for destruction, and began a
relentless, months-long defamation campaign via social media to discredit and
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was also subject to other forms of online harassment. On Twitter Ed
Garcia Conde, who publishes a self-aggrandizing blog called “Welcome2TheBronx,”
accused me of creating an image that mimicked his logo, and claimed to have a Cease & Desist letter at the ready.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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templates and tools</span></b></a> I used to create the image I made for a post on my <a href="http://bronxhipster.tumblr.com/"><b><span style="color: #666666;">Bronx Hipster</span></b></a> blog, as well as the <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/tinekej/the-hipster-logo/"><span style="color: #666666;"><b>dozens and dozens</b></span></a>
of “Hipster X” logos that superficially resembled his logo and <a href="http://bronxhipster.tumblr.com/post/92203216935/the-bronx-was-associated-with-hipsters-long-before"><b><span style="color: #666666;">my
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2 The Bronx” logo.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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purchased the domains Welcome2TheBronx.nyc and WelcomeToTheBronx.nyc—lawfully
and legally—so I would have something Conde values to trade him for something I
value—an end to his and South Bronx Unite’s ongoing defamation and harassment. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Conde published my contact information from the URL registry on Facebook, and
started rabble-rousing with a vengeance. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif;">Note that several weeks after being informed that he had no copyright
or intellectual property rights complaint against me. Conde <i>again</i> falsely asserts that I copied his
logo design and that he had “attorneys” get involved. He also creates the
defamatory impression I received a Cease & Desist letter that I am ignoring
willfully, and goes on to assert that I “stole” the domains and “took” his brand—a defamation
that one of his followers repeats by using the synonymous slang word </span><span style="background: white; color: #141823; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif;">“</span><a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Weez"><span style="background: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif;"><b>weez</b></span></a><span style="background: white; color: #141823; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif;">.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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used as a literary device in fiction, this is known as “foreshadowing.” Keep
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campaign. I was also kicked out of a Facebook group for bloggers based in the
borough.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and his associates were part of a coordinated effort to disparage me and ruin
my reputation in the community.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">While all this is playing out on Facebook and Twitter, several people privately
asked me why I wasn’t defending myself or refuting Conde’s accusations. I was
warned that people in my community were equating my silence with guilt. Anyone
who knows me and knows how feisty I am can appreciate the supreme force of will
it took, but I was honor-bound to remain silent. Sal Conforto, the publisher of
<a href="http://thebronxchronicle.com/"><b><span style="color: #666666;">The Bronx Chronicle</span></b></a>, had offered to
mediate the dispute between Conde and me, and I wanted to show my good faith commitment to his
efforts by not undermining them in any way.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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this: Ownership of the two domain names would be transferred to Conde after he
reimbursed me for the costs associated with acquiring them during the premium
registration period from October 3-October 5, and published the following
statement on his Facebook pages to put an end to the months-long campaign of
intimidation and defamation to which he and South Bronx Unite had subjected
me:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">"I am pleased to announce that I have reached a global settlement
of all of my outstanding disputes with Ruth Papazian (a/k/a Bronx Hipster). I
have withdrawn my objections to her logo design, and she has agreed to transfer
certain domain names to me. I retract any prior statements that may have
implied she has behaved unethically, either professionally or personally. I ask
that all of you delete any prior personal attacks and refrain from future
attacks on Ruth. I would like to thank Sal Conforto of The Bronx Chronicle for
his gracious and invaluable assistance in helping Ruth and I resolve our
differences. I hope that we can all maintain mutual respect as we work towards
our common goal of making The Bronx better."</span></i></blockquote>
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harass and defame me more than he wanted the two .nyc domain names. In any
case, he opted to escalate his harassment by taking his baseless accusations to
the media. When I was contacted by Denis Slattery, the Bronx Bureau Chief for New York Daily News, I provided a statement via email that, for the first time, gave my
side of the story.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">When</span> <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bronx/bronx-bloggers-web-words-domains-article-1.1983746"><b><span style="color: #666666;">the
article</span></b></a> was published, not all of the information I had provided had been
included, so <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=732553373466561&set=gm.746129595423360&type=1&theater"><b><span style="color: #666666;">I
posted the email to Slattery on Facebook</span></b></a>, along with an explanation of my
silence, which no longer served any purpose.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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article giving his side of the story on Facebook. No matter, because he proved
my case that I was being defamed by him—by defaming me in a newspaper with <a href="http://multimedia.nydailynews.com/mediakit/Circulation2014.pdf"><b><span style="color: #666666;">the
seventh largest print and digital circulation in the United States</span></b></a>: “<span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Bronx
blogger Ed Garcia Conde believes he's being extorted by fellow borough blogger
Ruth Papazian who purchased two web domains similar to Conde's
welcome2thebronx.com.” and </span>“Garcia Conde calls the demands an attempt at
extortion over his own intellectual property.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><span style="background: white;">in which “one person forces another person to do something
against his will, generally <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">to
give up money or other property, by threat of violence</span>, property damage,
<span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">damage to the person’s
reputation</span>, or extreme financial hardship.“ </span></span><span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You know, like posting
someone’s address and contact information online and inciting threats of
violence against that person.</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has an arbitration
process to settle d</span><span style="background: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">isputes over domain names. Dozens of corporations and people </span><a href="https://archive.icann.org/en/udrp/proceedings-list.htm" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background: white; color: #666666; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><b>use the arbitration
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to file and resolve complaints of </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">abusive registrations of domain names, such as cybersquatting:</span></span></div>
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policy, a trademark owner should either (a) file a complaint in a court of
proper jurisdiction against the domain-name holder (or where appropriate an
in-rem action concerning the domain name) or (b) in cases of abusive registration
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doesn’t hold any trademarks or copyrights relating to the two domains he claims
I “took” from him that he wants “back” and that’s going to be a problem for
him. However, Conde had already warned me that he likes to
settle disputes “by other means,” so I shouldn’t have been surprised that he instead opted to intensify his harassment.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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notified my domain registrar, who is lobbying for </span><a href="http://www.ownit.nyc/policies/nyc_proxy_registration_policy.php"><span style="background: white; color: #666666; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><b>proxy registration of
.nyc domain names</b></span></a><span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"> so that others do not become victims of </span><a href="http://auburnpub.com/blogs/eye_on_ny/cuomo-nozzolio-agreement-reached-on-bill-to-clarify-ny-aggravated/article_cced25aa-f65d-11e3-b393-001a4bcf887a.html"><span style="background: white; color: #666666; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><b>aggravated harassment</b></span></a><span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="color: #999999;"> </span>and cyberstalking.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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the findings of Pew Research Center’s first-ever </span><a href="http://www.pewinternet.org/2014/10/22/introduction-17/" title="Pew Research study"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #666666; padding: 0in;"><b>survey</b></span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> </span>about </span>online harassment, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">40 percent </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">of the 2,849 internet users who took part reported having been victims. Of these, 22 percent have had someone try to purposefully embarrass
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one’s reputation is among the<span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> </span><a href="http://www.pewinternet.org/2014/10/22/part-4-the-aftermath-of-online-harassment/"><b><span style="color: #666666;">long-term effects of online harassment</span></b></a><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">, </span>per Pew Research Center: <span style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">“In a time when everyone from future employers to future
romantic partners can potentially find personal information on others with a
simple Google search, online harassment can cast a long shadow.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">“The majority, 85%, of internet users who have been the
target of online harassment have not had an experience that hurt their
reputation. Another 15%, however, do feel that their reputation was damaged by
their experience with online harassment.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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online harassment that occurred. Those who experienced certain types of severe
harassment—namely, physical threats and sustained harassment – were more likely
to feel their reputation had been hurt. Some 34% of those who have experienced
sustained harassment and 31% of those who have been physically threatened said
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">But that’s not going to happen, if I can help it. The Pew survey
details <a href="http://www.pewinternet.org/2014/10/22/part-3-responses-to-online-harassment/"><b><span style="color: #666666;">steps
people took to fight online harassment</span></b></a>. These include: “reporting the
person responsible to the website or online service; discussing the problem
online to draw support for themselves; and reporting the problem to law
enforcement.” I plan to use all these strategies, and will also pursue all
appropriate legal options to deal with the defamation. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">However, if something untoward does happen to me, the snippets of
Facebook and Twitter posts and comments I include here will give the police
plenty of leads.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Let’s leave aside the fact that <a href="http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/lanham_act"><b><span style="color: #666666;">The Lanham Act</span></b></a> deals with
trademarks and has <i>nothing whatsoever</i>
to do with domain names. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Based
on this comment about the article on the Daily News website</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">, I wanted to discourage other people from practicing law without a license by ensuring that nobody could
misconstrue my not using the two .nyc URLs as “cybersquatting.” Therefore, on
the advice of an intellectual property attorney, I am now using them both. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Oh, and a note to Scott Neuman: I asked only for the costs
associated with acquiring the URLs, and have the receipts to prove it. </span></div>
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