Man Arrested for 'Spam Rage'

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Posted by CowboyNeal on Saturday November 22, 2003 @04:04AM from the over-the-top-anger-outlets dept.

Mirkon writes "We've all gotten frustrated at some point with spam. Perhaps we've even been motivated to send nasty, threatening messages back to the spammers, just to vent some frustration. Wired reports that 44-year-old computer programmer Charles Booker did just that, and 'now faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.'"

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Spam Rage? by Schmucky+The+Cat · 2003-11-22 04:10 · Score: 5, Funny

A man goes nuts and threatens the people who are spamming him with weapons and bio-weapons Seriously, this guy needs help.
What kind of help? I'll loan him a gun or two. Can any /.'er surreptitiously provide the anthrax spores?
Re:Well he DID commit a crime by TRACK-YOUR-POSITION · 2003-11-22 04:16 · Score: 3, Funny

Two wrongs dont make it legal
You threaten to do harm to someone, for whatever reason, its a crime.. you should goto jail...
If that's true, then can we please send the government and police to jail?
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now faces up to five years in prison
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poor guy if he finds one of those enlarged pennis in jail...

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Re:Before anyone panics by Henry+V+.009 · 2003-11-22 04:27 · Score: 5, Funny

Exactly. Be rational. For God's sake, fake your return address.

(Once you are assured of your anonymity, make sure that the threat is extremely detailed. A threat to snipe employees in the parking lot -- located at the intersection of streets Y and X -- is the kind of threat that companies take seriously. If necessary, you can spell out the profit/loss calculus for them. 10,000,000 spam emails = 10 penis devices sold = 1 crazy nut shooting up your place of business. Is it worth it, punk?)
Why is this unreasonable? by reality-bytes · 2003-11-22 04:29 · Score: 3, Funny

"I will hunt down and castrate your employees unless you take me off your e:mail list".

Now can anyone tell me what on earth is so unreasonable about that?

But seriously. The fact that the Canadian company failed to take him off their e:mail list the first time he complained / threatened could surely be seen a provocation. (At least in terms of lessening the guys sentence)

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What ? by KoolDude · 2003-11-22 04:35 · Score: 4, Funny

This guy should be nuts. I mean, come on, why would anyone even say NO to an offer of 30% of US$10,000,000 ( Ten Million US Dollars only ) and FREE Pills(TM) to improve Sex Life(TM) ?

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I'm choking, I'm spewing strawberry yogurt
" Mackay said such firms gave a bad name to the penis enhancement business. "

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Re:Before anyone panics by the_brat_king · 2003-11-22 07:23 · Score: 5, Funny

So what everyone is getting at is simply:
Let's take spam "assassin" to a new level?
Could be a nice new field for laid of tech workers!
Re:What ever happened to feelings? by LMariachi · 2003-11-22 10:38 · Score: 3, Funny

Guy walks into a bar holding a pile of wet steaming dogshit. "Hey guys, look what I almost stepped in!"