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I get tons of positive feedback from all of you web surfers out there and I really appreciate it. However, there are always going to be those who are never happy. Every once in a great while, I'll get a negative email and I'll get a good laugh out of it. I figure if I get a laugh out of it then maybe you will too. So... I'm going to start saving emails. I'll pick out a few interesting ones from time to time and post them here. Not just the bad ones, I'll stick all kinds here. The good, the bad and the ugly.

Enjoy.

To: "The Asshole in charge at Cherrycheesecake Dot Com"
Subject: A touch of class
Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 01:48:53 +0000

Danny,
Stumbled across your site while surfing and spent a bit of time
perousing. Interesting to say the least. I shall admit, I have seen
better sites and I have seen worse, but I must compliment you on your
demeanor and stance when dealing with those who would attempt to cut you
down for standing behind your beliefs. The way that you respectfully
answer the most indignant and ununderstanding individuals leads me to
believe that you are not just "blowing smoke" up peoples asses. I only
hope that I can achieve the eloquence in reply that you have, but I know
that only comes from experience and knowing your subject well. Enjoy
your Holiday and our best to you and yours. Thanks for a site of
"diversion"!
Respectfully,
Mac - Veteran & CCP holder.

Subject: Re: A touch of class
Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 06:40:35 -0500
From: "The Asshole in charge at Cherrycheesecake Dot Com"

Uh... huh huh, Thanks!

Danny

Subject: Hello from the UK
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 19:38:52 EST
From: Greenery2@aol.com
To: "The Asshole in charge at Cherrycheesecake Dot Com"

Hi Danny

I'm sure you get a lot of mail generated from the opinions you express on guns and society so I won't dwell too long on the subject but I feel compelled to at least say something.

There are so many holes in your arguments I could make a tea bag out of them. You pity us here in the UK because we have strict gun control. At age 28 I have never seen a gun, heard a gun, known anybody who owns one much less known anybody who has been shot and I grew up in London, a city of 12 million. We just don't have much gun crime! However, I visited the fine city of New York a few years back, within days I met somebody carrying a handgun and there was a report on the news of 5 people shot dead at a club in the Bronx. I didn't really feel safe there and no amount of weaponry would have made a difference.

Personal experiences aside the facts speak for themselves: UK has about 60 deaths by firearm a year. US has over 11,000. The US only has 5 or 6 times the population. What's so safe about the freedom to hold a firearm? The amount of guns isn't really the issue anyway, its the general level of paranoia that Americans suffer from. You guys always think somebody is out to get you. I remember when it was the communists now it is the Muslim fundamentalists. Racism is endemic in the US.

Your points about protecting your country are laughable and paranoic. Protecting it from what? What is your 9mm gonna do against an airliner landing on your house at the hands of a terrorist? What is your weapon gonna do against a bomb hidden in a car near your local mall? These are the dangers that threaten the US now, not an invasion, that's yesterdays war. The world is changing so put down your gun and start using your head for a change. Start thinking about the reasons why a group of people would fly planes into the WTC. Start thinking about a way to change that hatred and ignorance and misunderstanding. Leave killing and maiming back in the stone ages where it belongs.

I don't know whether to laugh or cry about you. At the very least you spawned a reaction in me. My advice to you is to rent a very good movie called "Bowling for Columbine" where these arguments are put much more succinctly than I can, it's a real eye opener.

There, I've said more than I intended already!

All the best

Vince

PS Liked your website for the most part!

PPS I dare you to post this on your letters page....with a reply of course

Subject: Re: Hello from the UK
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 01:47:42 -0500
From: "The Asshole in charge at Cherrycheesecake Dot Com"
To: Greenery2@aol.com

Hello Vince,

Thank you for your email. There was a time where I was perused for 45 minutes by 3 guys bigger than myself who informed me that they were going to kill me. After being chased back to my residence and with the attackers outside the front door I called the police for protection. I won't try to describe to you how I felt when the police on the other end of the phone told me to call back once they had broken into my home. If you choose not to defend yourself or to do so without the use of a firearm, that is your business. I simply believe that you should not be deprived of the tools of self defense by your government. Guns are illegal in New York and that is why the crime is so high. I believe that schools should have armed personnel to protect children, ESPECIALLY after the Columbine students told everyone in advance what they were planning to do. Criminals have no fear of consequences where they know people are unarmed. I've read a lot of reports about a rise in crime in the UK since the most recent banning or guns and their removal by your government. I've got it on good authority that criminals in the UK are now so bold as to break into homes in broad daylight to rob, rape and plunder without fear of armed occupants fending them off.

I define barbarianizm as forcing everyone to defend themselves with their own brute strength. Why don't you try volunteering as a counselor at a rape crisis center sometime? Don't you think that my little sister has a right to protect herself against a fella my size if he is bent on attacking her? It only takes getting killed once to ruin your whole life.

Why would it surprise you if some of us think that someone is always out to get us? Wasn't our country founded by fighting a war of independence from England? And then, wasn't it England who again tried and failed to conquer the US only 12 years later? About 22 miles from my house is a place called The White House that still bears smoke stains on an unpainted outer wall where the British burned it down. Yes, I am well aware that the UK is now our friend and that there are other enemies who hate us. I'm glad that I had my battle rifle on that now imfamous day when the US was attacked in 2001. Perhaps you are comfortable as a bound peasant. I am not. I will defend this country and freedom with anything and everything at my disposal.

One more thing. I accept your dare and will post your email on the web.

Have a nice day,

Danny

Subject: Wow, you are one giant fucking redneck.
Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 13:48:11 -0600
From: "flipz" flipz@citlink.net
To: "The Asshole in charge at Cherrycheesecake Dot Com"

wow, "Dear civillians" and "we are americans" just about made me puke. I could give you about a thousand contradictions to both of those piece of trash letters. Your a fucking discrace. You should be fucking shot in the head just for posting such fucking garbage. I would hunt your ass down and slit your throat, but im better than that. ill simply leave you with this. "Fuck racism. Fuck sexism. AND FUCK GEORGE W BUSH!"
- Anti-flag

I know JPFO has a fraudulent agenda. These guys are self serving money grubbers from patriotic Americans when they are really following the communist agenda. I was a founding member and these guys are using to live a high lifestyle driving Mercedes and generally having a good time. You should not promote them.

Sir Martin Davis (U.K.)

From:"The Asshole in charge at Cherrycheesecake Dot Com"

Sir Martin Davis, I can respect your opinion and I have no way to verify the statements that you have made. You might be correct. I don't know their adgenda or whether they are money grubbers or not. If it makes you feel better, I believe that they aren't going to go to heaven because they won't accept Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Savior.

But I can say this... It was through their efforts that I was taught that it isn't the job of the police department or the government to provide individualized protection for the citizens. This truth has been proven to me over and over since the first time I learned it. I feel safe in saying that it changed my life to the extent that now I devote no small effort to educating everyone that I can as to how it an individuals own responsibility to ensure their own safety.

This education leads to prompting citizens to action. To take a stand against those in government that will deprive the good citizens of their ability to protect their own lives and that of their loved ones and livelyhood. I especially emplore those who live in the UK, Austrailia and Canada to take back their rights that have been stripped away by unfair, uncaring, non-thinging, elitist tyrants that (are allowed by the people to function in) their respective governments.

I value the lesson that I was first taught by their efforts and that is the only reason that I gave them a free web link. If you have any idea on what I can do instead of giving JPFO a free link, one that will be more productive, please let me know and I'll certainly consider it.

Thank you.

Danny

Danny,
"...I'm a big fan you site. A friend of mine, who was one of our regulars when I worked at an indoor pistol range, introduced me to your site about a year or so ago and now Im hooked. I love the military pics aswell as the Dr. Strangepork ones. And I LOVE the wine cellar. You have an awsome page, sir."
Thanks,

Matt

Hi there Danny. I just wanted to give thanks for the great site. I took most of the links and recommended your site to friends and family. Here in Michigan we just got the concealed carry law approved and I would like for everyone I know to carry, however most people have misconceptions of guns. Hopefully they will begin to do some research into the whole matter and quit regarding CCW permit holders as "shoot em up cowboys". If more people actually read up on the subject, they would see it's entirely the opposite. I've always been a gun guy and I really enjoyed the hotties with weapons. I was wondering where you got the 50 cal demonstration from. I am looking for a video like that for the M-16 I recently bought (picture enclosed). Any help would be appreciated. I've shot it only on a few occassions and enjoy it, but i have some reserve about what it will do at the maximum range of 600 meters as the manual says. The bullets seem so dainty compared to my SKS and 30-06 rounds I'm used to. Well i just wanted to say thanks for the great site and keep them going. We need more sites devoted to us gun guys out here.

Tony in Michigan

As the subject of this e-mail indicates ("Great Site U Got Here"), your site is 1 of my all time favourites. Any good site doesn't have to have naked women pictures on it and I agree with you totally.
James

I just wanted to tell you I think your site is great! You seem to cover a broad range of interests that I share such as guns, girls and music (I'm a Slayer fan personally) but most importantly your site has a very inconspicuous name. I work for a company that I really like, however, it is based in California and appears to be run by a bunch of bleeding heart liberals who have chosen to block any type of gun related site from their Internet proxy. I can't even reach the Daisy B.B. gun company! As a comparison, I did a Google search of gay and lesbian sites and found that not a single one was blocked. Your site is one of the two or three that I can safely enjoy from within this Clinton-ista prison. Thanks.
a guy in Texas

fuck off
angela.spaven@ntlworld.com

what i want to know is why the fuck -kap (the guy with steakandcheese.com) would want your FUCKING boring site on HIS links. what a dumb FUCK your site is a waste of domain space. FUCK YOU
killerbennie@...
note:I actually had a cool conversation with this yahoo afterwards so that's why I'm not posting the email address.

This is an email exchange that thought might be interesting reading for others. My reply follows.

Tom M. wrote: > Danny, Bumped into your site while surfing. Guns and weapons are
> exciting from a naive, adolescent point of view. However, have you
> ever been shot? Multiple times? Have you felt the sudden shock,
> terror, and excruciating pain? Have you looked down and seen part of
> your side open, with your guts showing, and blood pouring out? Have
> you fallen on the ground, screaming, and thinking, "This shouldn't
> happen to me - only to other people!" Have you suddenly heard massive
> incoming rounds and mortars, and seen the heads, arms, and legs of
> nearby friends blown off, exploding them into the trees, and covering
> you with blood and guts? Suddenly feeling violent punches and horrible
> burning pain in your arm, neck, and face, and seeing and feeling that
> big chunks of flesh and muscle have been blown off you? Then suddenly
> realizing that you will now be disfigured and crippled for life, and
> in 24 hour agony? We recommend that you replace your glorification of
> weapons and stupid, selfish, money-grubbing women with positive things
> that improve human life.

Tom M. Bob L. Ralph M.
Traumatized, Crippled, Disabled Vietnam Vets

Tom, Thank you for your thoughts and I can certainly appreciate what you must have gone through. I too am a veteran and not all of my comrades are still with me either. I'm not going to compare my anguish with yours to see who's been treated worse in life. What I will say is that I will not allow myself to wallow in emotional turmoil as a result of bad things that have happened to me in my life. What is the profit in surviving bad things if I can't go on living with an attitude of thankfulness for being alive? There is none. One thing that I've learned about this world is that nobody really cares what kind of hurt I've been through in my life and all my attempts to solicit sympathy are pointless. I recognized the pain and suffering that the founding fathers of this country went through and I was proud to raise my right hand in our day and time, to give my oath to do my part in defending the constitution of the United States.

I know real well what the effect of a bullet is on human flesh. So don't go throwing all that mumbo jumbo in my face. If you can think of a better way to defend human life against violent attackers, by ALL MEANS, go ahead and tell me and I'll start promoting that instead. I don't like guns. But I know all to well that there are many powerful forces working to enlsave us all and the the best tool we have to preserve the security of a free state is armed citizens. Lots of them! I firmly believe in the principle of "Peace through superior firepower". Over a million people in this country every year use a firearm to defend human life and it is that very reason that I continue to promote their ownership.

Thank you for your service to our country.

Danny

Hi Angela, I read your article on net ethics in the 5/2001 issue of Yahoo Internet Life Magazine and was so inclined to email you with a few counterthoughts. Of course, if you don't care what I think, I won't be offended if you stop reading right here.

It amazes me how some people get all worked up over the difference in definitions between "hackers" and "crackers". You and I agree on the basic definition of each that you presented in the article. But consider this. Would it be ethically corrrect for me to use my skills of breaking and entering to defeat the locks on your private residence, wander through your house, look through your underware drawers and then leave a detailed presentation on your dinner table as to how you can improve the security of your humble abode? No. It's none of my busniess and regardless of my psudo-honorable intentions, I don't have the right to be nosey and snoop through your stuff. Even though I have the ability to break into your place, I don't have the right, under any circumstances, to do so.

The justification of hacking can only be accomplished through rationalization. By rationalization I mean where one one does something that common sense dictates is wrong and attempts to justify their wrong actions by manufacturing a "good reason" for doing so.

I have seven web sites and I already know many of the vunerabilities of the sites. If I password protect a directory on my server, common sense tells everyone that I don't want anyone looking at it. Neither do I want anyone to find a back door into the site, snoop through my stuff and tell me about my security weaknesses. If I wanted people to see that stuff, I would have made a link to it plainly visible.

Security is a balance of calculating two factors.
1. How many enemies do I have and how determined are they to break in and cause dammage?
2. Is the cost of security measures practical versus the value of the stuff being protected?

I can't afford Pentegon security on my Dot Com income. I loose enough sleep already worrying about the people who could get in and do dammage without having to worry about nosey do-gooders. Being nosey is ethically wrong. The ethical way for a hacker to act would be to send an email to the owner of a web site saying something like... "Hey, I really like your web site and I believe in what you're doing. I'd like to help you by offering my free security consultation services. With your permission, I'll attempt to gain uninvited access to your site and tell you if I find any weaknesses."

Overall, I don't see a big difference between hacking and cracking. To me, their both wrong.

Thanks for reading

Danny

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