From scottabe@earthlink.net Sat Jun 12 17:00:32 1999 Path: spln!extra.newsguy.com!lotsanews.com!nntp.primenet.com!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!newsfeed1.earthlink.net!nntp.earthlink.net!posted-from-earthlink!not-for-mail From: Scott Abraham Newsgroups: rec.skiing.alpine Subject: Living under the threat of death Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 08:50:55 -0700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Posted-Path-Was: not-for-mail X-Accept-Language: en Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" X-ELN-Date: 12 Jun 1999 15:48:38 GMT X-ELN-Insert-Date: Sat Jun 12 08:55:13 1999 Organization: The Holy Church of Vail Lines: 58 Mime-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: scottabe@earthlink.net NNTP-Posting-Host: ip128.seattle11.wa.pub-ip.psi.net Message-ID: <376281DA.B3F159CB@earthlink.net> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.51 (Macintosh; I; PPC) Xref: spln rec.skiing.alpine:109202 One of the most ridiculous distinctions drawn by Team Dweebers is that anything that happens in cyberspace somehow does not count in real life. Here is real life, folks. A death threat and several other threats of physical violence have been made against me and Bert. Having met some of the Invaders, including Boots Hobbs, and having watched their insane machinations, I am taking this threat seriously. I have no other choice. I had hoped that I would never have to carry a weapon again. As I write, I just finished dressing for my normal Sabbath morning trip to synagogue. Suit, tie, and shoulder holster. My roomates are involved, too, since these people know where I live and have published that information. They are not happy...and both of them have also been forced to take reasonable measures to protect themselves. Which means they are also leaving the house armed, and they are not happy that they are forced to do so because of the actions of Team Dweeb. Around 2 am last night, one of us woke up to a noise, looked out the window, and saw someone car prowling my truck. As it happens, just a dumbfuck kid....who literally pissed his pants when he looked up at the porch into the muzzles of two 9mm automatic pistols and a shotgun. He ran. He got lucky. Nobody pulled a trigger. Real world, people. Somebody could have died because of the actions of Team Dweeb. I have to take reasonable precautions to ensure my safety, a safety that has been threatened because of Anthea Kerrison, David Hobbs, Ted Waldron, Erik Leonard, and their cronies. I have to live with the effects of this threat, and so do my friends, and so does Bert and his family. This would never have happened if Anthea Kerrison, David Hobbs, Erik Leonard, Ted Waldron, Team Dweeb, and their insane friends had not decided to deliberately forment undeserved and unearned hatred towards me. They made the decision to drag the sewers of usenet into rsa. They looked for every wacko they could find and encouraged their actions. They mounted the campaign of slander and distortion, they inflamed the situation, they vented their insanity, and now they get a dose of sanity. I hold them responsible, here and in the real world. So don't whine about people losing their jobs and reputations in real life, because I am living in real life, and I have to worry about every car that turns behind me, every noise outside the house, every person that walks by. Try living like that. I did it for years, long ago. Did it again last year when a rapist I put in prison was finally released. And now I have to do it again because of the insanity of a bunch of lying slanderers on a stupid internet newsgroup. Welcome to reality, people. I hope you are worrying, because I have no intention of forgetting what you have done to me, and no intention of forgiving. Off to pray. Then to talk with the homicide unit of the Seattle Police Department. Real life. Real consequences. Scott