Says a tweet from the Montreal Police. Who knew an internet petition could actually do something.
I’m going to assume it’s Mabus, since he’s been particularly quiet lately. Unless there’s a surprise twist, and Mabus’s mom was the one sending all of the threats. Or if the internet was directed by M. Night Shyamalan, Mabus is PZ Myers.
I hope this man gets the help he needs.
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LS
August 17, 2011 at 7:46 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
I’m going to go with the Mabus is PZ Myers theory. It amuses me.
jasonalang
August 17, 2011 at 7:51 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
…wait… Mabus is M. Night Shyamalan?!?! He deserves jail time for what he did to Avatar…
Pzmyers
August 17, 2011 at 7:55 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
I went silent all day yesterday, too, you know.
Jen
August 17, 2011 at 7:56 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
I noticed! Evidence that supports my hypothesis!!!!
TerranRich
August 17, 2011 at 7:56 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
I knew it! PZ Mabus!
Emery Emery
August 17, 2011 at 7:59 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
So PZ is the deep undercover, liberal poe? I am loving this story more and more! I wonder what role Heather and I will have been playing in all this once the truth is completely revealed. #mabuswasaninsidejob
Ryan Hacunda
August 17, 2011 at 8:10 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
The petition didn’t do anything. Didn’t you hear what the Montreal Police said? The petition just happened to be coincidentally at the same time they received the first ever complaint against an individual in their jurisdiction who has been sending out tens to hundreds of unsolicited messages and frequent threats of violence and murder for over a decade.
Jonathan Figdor
August 17, 2011 at 8:12 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Mabus pwned.
Berlzebub
August 17, 2011 at 8:14 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
If the internet were directed by M. Night Shyamalan it’d have severe allergies to electrons.
Pzmyers
August 17, 2011 at 8:50 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
That wasn’t true. I know for a fact that the Montreal police called on Mabus before, in response to a complaint I filed with my local police.
mr_subjunctive
August 17, 2011 at 9:05 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Include me in the number who hope that PZ gets the help he needs.
LadyAtheist
August 17, 2011 at 9:16 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
confirmed!
Steve Derrick
August 17, 2011 at 9:20 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
If the internet were directed by M. Night Shyamalan, Google would turn out to be a side project of Bill Gates.
Ben Crockett
August 17, 2011 at 9:25 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Excellent news!
Eric RoM
August 17, 2011 at 9:48 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Don’t you mean “Airbender”? (Or is this some detailed geekalicious thing I don’t want to know about?)
Jadehawk
August 17, 2011 at 9:58 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
I know playing grammar-nazi is entirely unwarranted, but the use of “if…was” in the OP totally threw me for a loop for a moment, since I was expecting something that was an actual possibility to follow that construction :-p
LadyAtheist
August 18, 2011 at 12:18 AM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
by “since” I assume you mean “because” ;-)
Azkyroth
August 18, 2011 at 12:51 AM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
“Since” has been used commonly to mean “due to” or “in consideration of” for considerably longer than you’ve been alive.
breadbox
August 18, 2011 at 2:15 AM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
So it was all just a Poe? Dude, least creative Poe EVER.
The Artful Nudger
August 18, 2011 at 3:35 AM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Not to imply a comprehension fail, PZ, but… I’m pretty sure Ryan was leaning on the “sarcasm” button while writing his comment.
Blaz
August 18, 2011 at 1:35 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
It’s a detailed geekalicious thing you don’t want to know about. Which I am going to explain to you anyway.The original cartoon series was titeled Avatar, but James Cameron already registered Avatar for his own totally unrelated movie. So when they made the movie they used the subtitle of the series as the title of the movie.
Michael Brown
August 18, 2011 at 2:23 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
http://nelsonhaha.com/
the_Siliconopolitan
August 18, 2011 at 7:03 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Made me confused as hell for ages when people were talking about how much they were looking forward to seeing Avatar, while I was reading about how much the casting sucked &c.
Sam Barnett-Cormack
August 18, 2011 at 9:51 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Particularly pleased with your final point in the post; while his behaviour was clearly worse for others than himself, I don’t think anyone behaves like that without actually and sincerely needing help.