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Joker: How Did Sunday Go?

Joker: How was your Sunday service? Did anybody confront you?

DFO: Sunday AM services were good. Per usual. Pastor Steve Massey delivered another strong sermon on the Lord Jesus: The Bread of Life. Sweet fellowship at Hayden Bible Church. Per usual. No problems of any sort. Also enjoyed Bram Brata steel drum performance at City Park afterward. You, of course, are referring to the cyber threat made by a Far Right Web site in the county calling on its readers to stalk me in my place of worship and public outings. I filed a police report this morning with the Coeur d'Alene Police Department to put the matter in the police files -- and provided an officer with documentation of individuals who have posted derogatory comments about my church involvement or linked to those comments online or via Twitter. I found the IP address of one of those individuals listed among the visitors to our church Web site. I also provided information re: the registered owner of the suspect blog's domain site. At this point, I don't want to waste anyone's time on an investigation. I believe in second chances. People make mistakes online in the heat of the moment. However, I wanted the incident in the police files for future reference.



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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