Tuesday, December 14, 1993 05:24:36 PM
From:  MAGIC Merlin - Admin
Subject: The Karla Homolka Affair & MAGIC
To:  News

Effective immediately all discussion of the Karla Homolka affair
must cease on MAGIC.

If it does not, I will be forced to remove users from the system.

All communications INCLUDING NON-PUBLIC messages must cease
immediately.  



Thursday, December 16, 1993 02:42:28 AM
From:  MAGIC Merlin - Admin
Subject: Update Karla Homolka Details ...
To:  News

As you know, I have requested that all communication regarding the
Karla  Homolka case cease immediately on MAGIC.

I have received a great number (over 300) of messages from people
telling me off for my decision.  Frankly, this annoys the heck out
of me.

This is my system.  You use it for free.  I set the rules here,
and I'm responsible for what happens here.

I have been warned that if the information continues to circulate
on MAGIC that I'll have to shut down the system.  I cannot discuss
the issues surrounding this issue.  I may not even agree with
having to support the ban, but the alternative is to shut down
MAGIC.

I have chosen to keep MAGIC operational, and have requested that
you support my decision to keep the system online.  Regardless of
the ban, I must protect myself, and MAGIC.  Please support me on
this.

Please stop sending me mail about this issue.  I don't have any
choice in the matter, and cannot respond to all this mail.  This
is extremely frustrating for me.  Please ATTEMPT to understand my
position.  Everything I've worked on here is on the line over this
bloody issue.  If I sound extremely upset, it is because I am!

Ugh.

Mark


Sunday, December 19, 1993 03:42:33 PM
From:  MAGIC Merlin - Admin
Subject: MAGIC & the media
To:  News

Many of you have probably heard about me, and MAGIC on the radio,
TV, and in the paper regarding the Karla Homolka affair.  

I am getting calls from TV stations, papers in the US, and a few
other people that just want to tell me off for what I'm doing here
on MAGIC.  

The media seems to forget that I do have a life, and that by
dragging my name through the papers, and on TV that they are making
things incredibly difficult for me.   

I think that things are going to heat up quite a bit over the next
few weeks.  I may shut down MAGIC temorarily over the next week to
monitor the information that is flowing through my system.  It is
unfortunate that things have come to this, but I must protect myself
on this one.

Please understand and support me on this issue.

Regards,
Mark