The first recipient, Abdelmagid Radi, who lives in the Victoria Park and Lawrence Ave. E. area, sustained minor injuries when he opened a letter bomb Aug. 11.
The second, real estate lawyer Terrence Reiber, called police Aug. 19 after noticing a package smelling of a petroleum-type odour at his house in the Yonge St.-Sheppard Ave. area ; that device was later detonated by police.
Both of the packages were bubble-wrapped envelopes, had properly addressed courier receipts and contained petroleum-type fluid.
While both packages bore the same courier label, they were not delivered by courier, Const. George Schuurman said. "So there's a belief that the suspect modified blank courier labels."
A third package, opened by Guelph resident John Becker Aug. 22, contained a bomb packed with nails and explosive materials, but the device did not explode.
and the "analysis" we get is;
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Don't blame the guy who lived in the house with steel doors, building bombs he sent through the mail nearly killing three people
a little bit Dick Cheney and a little bit Karl Rove
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ex·ag·ger·ate (g-zj-rt)
v. ex·ag·ger·at·ed, ex·ag·ger·at·ing, ex·ag·ger·ates
v.tr.
1. To represent as greater than is actually the case; overstate: exaggerate the size of the enemy force; exaggerated his own role in the episode.
2. To enlarge or increase to an abnormal degree: thick lenses that exaggerated the size of her eyes.
v.intr.
To make overstatements.
Was it for "Spec will be drawing on his anger about Dick Cheney and Karl Rove 50 years from now."? That would be odd.
Ehmax, I'm all for you clamping down a little on the insults, insulting innuendo -- I apologise for implying that MF hated children but, according to one, I am evil after all -- and, hopefully, the regular trolls (occasional trolls are cute), but now I do not really have a sense of what's allowed.
I've seen much more personally insulting stuff than MF posts from a couple noteworthy not-banned posters (maybe even this poster ). I have not read every MF post but his stuff is relatively mild. Maybe he went nuts in the tech fora.
I've seen much more personally insulting stuff than MF posts from a couple noteworthy not-banned posters (maybe even this poster ). I have not read every MF post but his stuff is relatively mild. Maybe he went nuts in the tech fora.
Found them in the Taliban thread, IronMac, and da_jonesy
I noticed the locked thread and ehmax's post but not the banned members. Thanks.
Now things make even less sense to me. I'm a pretty regular reader in this forum (but not the others) and those three are not regularly the rudest or most hateful (in a personal way).
Edit: I emailed MF and he was not given any reason. That's a little disconcerting, particularly given my above comment. How is one to know how not to behave?
Now things make even less sense to me. I'm a pretty regular reader in this forum (but not the others) and those three are not regularly the rudest or most hateful (in a personal way).
Da_Jonesy has been pretty rude and hateful to me in the past. I have never had issues with the other two, but they also happen to have similar views as I do, so there is less opportunity for it.
It wasn't just the thread referenced above, it was also this one:
in which Martman and I had words with each other. It looks like the two of us barely avoided a vacation.
I support the Mayor in whatever decisions he makes since we are all guests here. That said, an explanation is always nice so that people understand what the rules are.
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I support the Mayor in whatever decisions he makes since we are all guests here. That said, an explanation is always nice so that people understand what the rules are.
). I have not read every MF post but his stuff is relatively mild. Maybe he went nuts in the tech fora.
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