November 23, 2003, 22:35
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Man arrested for threatening spammers
http://www.thescotsman.co.uk/interna...?id=1295402003
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IT’S a growing problem. A Californian computer programmer has been arrested for threatening to torture and kill employees of a company he blames for bombarding his computer with web ads promising to enhance his manhood.
In one of the first prosecutions of its kind in the state for "spam rage", Charles Booher, 44, was arrested last week for making repeated threats to staff of a Canadian company.
Booher threatened to send a "package full of Anthrax spores" to the company, to "disable" an employee with a bullet and torture him with a power drill and ice pick; and to hunt down and mutilate the employees unless they removed him from their e-mail list, prosecutors said.
Mr Booher acknowledged that he had behaved badly but explained: "I go to their website and start complaining to them, would you please, please, please stop bothering me," he said. "It just sort of escalated ... and I sort of lost my cool at that point."
The Sunnyvale, California man now faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. He said the problem stemmed from a program he mistakenly downloaded from the internet that brought a continuous stream of advertising to his computer.
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Why arrest him? This kind of threat was obviously the kind that couldn't be carried out, which separates it from the kind where you walk up to someone in a dark alley, grab them by their shirt, and say "Gimme all your money or I'll bust your nose *******."
If this kind of arrest is held up, considering he did it over the Internet, the future of flaming is in doubt. We should all hope he is acquitted.
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November 23, 2003, 22:38
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November 23, 2003, 22:39
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You are not going to find enough jurors who don't hate spam. Probably judges too 
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November 23, 2003, 22:48
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November 23, 2003, 22:49
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Yeah, I think the saddest part of this whole thing is that he tipped them off...
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November 23, 2003, 23:01
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Exactly. Hence he's not a hit man, he's just angry.
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November 23, 2003, 23:36
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Apolyton Grand Executioner
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If he'd been serious, the initial message to the company would have been written on their office door with the CEO's liver.
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November 23, 2003, 23:41
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Do I hear jury nullification?
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November 23, 2003, 23:42
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He shouldn't be tried for making the threats, he should be tried for not following through on them.
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November 23, 2003, 23:43
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I think this is a job for Bun-bun.
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November 23, 2003, 23:54
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Ok, I'll bite. Who is Bun-bun?
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November 24, 2003, 00:20
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November 24, 2003, 00:24
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the mad monk has a connection.
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November 24, 2003, 00:31
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November 24, 2003, 00:57
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I think this is a job for Bun-bun.
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November 24, 2003, 01:54
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He shouldn't be tried for making the threats, he should be tried for not following through on them.
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Hear Hear!
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November 24, 2003, 05:00
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we need to add Al Qaeda emails to spamlists. Bye bye spam in a big mushroom cloud!
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November 24, 2003, 05:45
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If this kind of arrest is held up, considering he did it over the Internet, the future of flaming is in doubt.
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Only an idiot would possibly believe that!
How would they ever regulate flames? Devise a computer program to measure the heat of a post? I could see the makers fo said programs having interesting email in the morning.
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November 24, 2003, 08:21
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If this kind of arrest is held up, considering he did it over the Internet, the future of flaming is in doubt. We should all hope he is acquitted.
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November 24, 2003, 09:02
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November 24, 2003, 10:53
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Originally posted by GhengisFarb
He shouldn't be tried for making the threats, he should be tried for not following through on them.
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exactly  
Oh, and now we have a new buzz word -- "spam rage." 
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November 24, 2003, 11:34
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Originally posted by Ben Kenobi
Only an idiot would possibly believe that!
How would they ever regulate flames? Devise a computer program to measure the heat of a post? I could see the makers fo said programs having interesting email in the morning.
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 What's even worse is the fact that he downloaded the app that cursed him...
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November 24, 2003, 12:27
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On another note, it's a darn shame the unabomber was arrested before spam started to happen.
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November 24, 2003, 13:11
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I saw this guy on the local news. He said he was sick and tired of all the e-mails he got to "enlarge his penis"... I think he took that personally 
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November 24, 2003, 13:17
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Or maybe he tried it to much and now he cant even sit down.....
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November 24, 2003, 15:23
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I'm not conceited, conceit is a fault and I have no faults...
As always, will play after work. I wonder if I'll ever be able to turn that the other way...
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