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Spammer threatening death to atheists and scientists arrested in Montreal.
August 18, 2011 at 7:49 pm
Christian love at work:
A spammer who has been threatening atheists, pagans, scientists, and others with death or mutilation on Usenet, E-mail, and Twitter since 1995 has been arrested by the Montreal Quebec police today.
Tens of thousands of people around the world have received his threats of death or mutilation for their belief (or lack thereof).
His mother is quoted in the press today as saying the atheists who received his threats did not understand his message, though such messages as "You F------ C--- I'm going to come over and cut your head off" are rather clear.
He has been a thorn in the side of many Websites and blogs that post articles on atheism, paganism, or scepticism, and scientific blogs and magazines.
He actually turned up in person at a conference of atheists, from which he was blocked with a restraining order, putting true fear in the attendees.
This was posted to my wife BethK's Yahoo! group "Free Thinker's Refuge" this afternoon. It links to a blog of a person in Atlanta that was harassed by him for years, and the superhuman effort it took him and many others to convince the RCMP and the Montreal Police to take him seriously. It finally ended when an online petition was started, sending over three thousand E-mails to the Montreal Police, and the blogger linked the Montreal Police's E-mail address to his own and they started receiving his death threats directly.
It shows many screenshots of the E-mails and tweets received by dozens of people over the years from this fellow. Never forget: The Inquisition was not a perversion of Christianity, it was an expression of Christianity. - James.
I hope none of you were affected adversely by David Mabus. He's in custody, hopefully to get some needed psychiatric treatment.
http://skeptools.wordpress.com/2011/08/1...dia-mabus/
shortened here:
http://tinyurl.com/3u6ult6
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RE: Spammer threatening death to atheists and scientists arrested in Montreal.
August 18, 2011 at 8:08 pm
I fail to find a distinction between him, and anyone else threatening me with torture (even by proxy).
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RE: Spammer threatening death to atheists and scientists arrested in Montreal.
August 18, 2011 at 8:10 pm
What protection is the poll referring to?
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RE: Spammer threatening death to atheists and scientists arrested in Montreal.
August 18, 2011 at 8:56 pm
(August 18, 2011 at 8:10 pm)Skeptic Wrote: What protection is the poll referring to?
I assume that afforded by the constitution of one's country and the rule of law.IE the quaint notion that "everyone is equal before law"
In practice of course, some people are more equal than others.(with apologies to Aldous Huxley)
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RE: Spammer threatening death to atheists and scientists arrested in Montreal.
August 19, 2011 at 12:17 am
(This post was last modified: August 19, 2011 at 12:22 am by Violet.)
I say 'no' because none of these should have any 'protection' from 'harassment'.
In other words, Christians should have the same protections as atheists and 'pagans'.
(August 18, 2011 at 8:56 pm)padraic Wrote: IE the quaint notion that "everyone is equal before law"
Quaint isn't the word I was to use... I was going to suggest 'retarded'.
I've never been adversely affected by threats... usually they just piss me off 
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RE: Spammer threatening death to atheists and scientists arrested in Montreal.
August 19, 2011 at 11:18 am
Any threats I have ever recieved I have just laughed at...usually because they are a bit illiterate
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RE: Spammer threatening death to atheists and scientists arrested in Montreal.
August 19, 2011 at 11:21 am
(August 18, 2011 at 7:49 pm)Anymouse Wrote: I hope none of you were affected adversely by David Mabus. He's in custody, hopefully to get some needed psychiatric treatment. Unfortunately many of his pseudonyms have made it to our Hall of Shame.
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RE: Spammer threatening death to atheists and scientists arrested in Montreal.
December 5, 2011 at 5:31 pm
I read the subject wrong. I thought it was "Spammer threatening death to atheists, and also, scientists arrested in Montreal." I thought it was 2 unrelated stories.
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