Someone Really Hates Spammers...

[Archmonarch]

"Russia's Interfax news agency reports that notorious spammer Vardan Kushnir was found brutally murdered. His body was discovered in his Moscow apartment on Sunday, showing evidence of repeated blows to the head."

 

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[Dark Moth]

Ouch. Pretty brutal stuff.

[Cantousent]

It is truly horrible that a man was murdered over something like spam. The ugliness that exists on the internet has poured out into "real life" in unhealthy ways.

 

I don't wish to trivialize murder, and I offer no excuse for killing a person because they spam the internet. However, if he hadn't been murdered, we would probably revile his practices. It is a sign that people felt powerless under the law that they decided, in a brutal and misguided way, to seek justice of a different kind.

 

Let's face it, Vardan Kushnir engaged in activities as a result of which he received many death threats. He knew the risk and yet continued to act. He did not receive death threats because he was a champion of civil rights or because he stood up to the mob or the state. No, he was a champion of spam. He should never have been murdered, but he should not have engaged in something so odious as corporate spamming in the first place. He didn't spam a few fora. If folks were murdered for that sort of thing, Baley would be dead already. (a little levity in a heavy subject.)

 

If I die for a cause, I would certainly want it to be something other than "FREE SPAMMERS!"

[213374U]

Let's face it, Vardan Kushnir engaged in activities as a result of which he received many death threats.  He knew the risk and yet continued to act.  He did not receive death threats because he was a champion of civil rights or because he stood up to the mob or the state.  No, he was a champion of spam.  He should never have been murdered, but he should not have engaged in something so odious as corporate spamming in the first place.  He didn't spam a few fora.  If folks were murdered for that sort of thing, Baley would be dead already.    (a little levity in a heavy subject.)

 

If I die for a cause, I would certainly want it to be something other than "FREE SPAMMERS!"

Ah, yes. The martyrs of the 21st century.

[LadyCrimson]

That article doesn't exactly engender much sympathy for the man.

[jaguars4ever]

Better watch your back Baley. ^_^

[thepixiesrock]

Well everyone pretty much hated him, and I am shocked that you are all acting this way and feeling sorry for him. What happend to you guys? What happened?

 

 

 

 

Note: by "you guys" I mean the forum in general, not you specifically that replyed.

[alanschu]

I'm going to assume that this "spammer" is nothing like Baley, but one of those guys that posts junk mail to millions of people per day.

[Atreides]

I think locking a serial spammer up in a cell without internet access might be more painful. I think I would get early withdrawal symptoms - not that I'm a spammer mind you.

[Calax]

It's hard to tell what they mean by spammer... It could just mean that he ate alot of spam

[jaguars4ever]

And it seems this thread is heading in that direction.

[alanschu]

Meh, he wouldn't need to be murdered then. He was already knocking on death's doorstep.

[jodo kast 5]

well everyone's gotta die sometime, some sooner then most.

[SteveThaiBinh]

This is just speculation, but the spam that he was spamming was adverts for his English language school. There are some Russians, a small minority on the extreme right, who deeply resent the growth of foreign influence in Russia since the fall of Communism and see these language schools as outposts of Western Imperialism. 'Killed by Anti-Spam Gang' is a great headline, but until the police investigation is complete, we shouldn't assume that was the cause.

[Walsingham]

I think you are reading too much into this. Spam means money. Money attracts OC in Russia like blood attracts sharks in open water. He probably got whacked for refusing to pay the right guy, or withholding payment. And frankly, my "All men are brother" spiel has a line. Mass spammers are on the wrong side of it. The evil quotient of spam may be tiny, but the amounts are immense and the motivation pure greed.

 

You want to cry over a dead spammer? Cry me a river, build a bridge, and get over it.

[jodo kast 5]

Hey!I didn't say i'm cryin' over it!Read the posts !

[metadigital]

Hey!I didn't say i'm cryin' over it!Read the posts !

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Not everything is about you.

It is truly horrible that a man was murdered over something like spam.  The ugliness that exists on the internet has poured out into "real life" in unhealthy ways.

 

I don't wish to trivialize murder, and I offer no excuse for killing a person because they spam the internet.  However, if he hadn't been murdered, we would probably revile his practices.  It is a sign that people felt powerless under the law that they decided, in a brutal and misguided way, to seek justice of a different kind.

 

Let's face it, Vardan Kushnir engaged in activities as a result of which he received many death threats.  He knew the risk and yet continued to act.  He did not receive death threats because he was a champion of civil rights or because he stood up to the mob or the state.  No, he was a champion of spam.  He should never have been murdered, but he should not have engaged in something so odious as corporate spamming in the first place.  He didn't spam a few fora.  If folks were murdered for that sort of thing, Baley would be dead already.    (a little levity in a heavy subject.)

 

If I die for a cause, I would certainly want it to be something other than "FREE SPAMMERS!"

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Where life has no value, death often has its price.

[Walsingham]

Git yer 'ot death 'ere! What's that guv'nor? Ascending bowel cancer? That'll be seven an' six.

[metadigital]

There's some lovely filth down 'ere ...

[Gorth]

"The Unwashed Villagers" strikes again! (w00t)

 

(wonders if there is anybody out there who gets the reference :blink:" )

[jaguars4ever]

"The Unwashed Villagers" strikes again!  (w00t)

 

(wonders if there is anybody out there who gets the reference  "  )

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Bukkake? (w00t)

[Gorth]

"The Unwashed Villagers" strikes again!  (w00t)

 

(wonders if there is anybody out there who gets the reference  :blink:"  )

Bukkake? (w00t)

*Groan*

 

I'm going to leave a trail of bread crumbs from your place to the nearest hive of Fallout fans for that blasphemy!

[jaguars4ever]

I'm going to leave a trail of bread crumbs from your place to the nearest hive of Fallout fans for that blasphemy! 

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Translation:

 

I'm going to post a hyperlink from your site to No Mutants Allowed for that blasphemy! 

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:D

[Walsingham]

*Groan*

 

I'm going to leave a trail of bread crumbs from your place to the nearest hive of Fallout fans for that blasphemy! 

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Yes, you do that. We need the food.