… is about to get a lot more interesting.
h/t Second Thots.
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Update Varlaki has now pulled his entire blog content down. He responds with an apology in the comments here. I don’t know that it’s going to be enough to avoid an interview with the RCMP, considering the specific nature of his threat.
Maybe we should be grateful the virulent left have voluntarily disarmed themselves with their genetic hoplophobia…they couldn’t even stand the thought of holding an “evil” firearm much less use one.
In this country a leftwing zealotry may try to take out an opponent with searing surreal sarcasm, vacant racist taunts and if these fail they will hiss and spit till they collapse. 😉
I don’t think PMSH has much to fear from the moonbat left. It isn’t body armour he needs but ear plugs 😉
I just read it then went back after reading the Star article and it’s disappeared. Glad you got the screen capture.
More insite to Mr. 22 year old at;
http://allenvarlaki.blogspot.com/
His blog is back up and he’s all mad at us for, like, getting mad at him.
http://allenvarlaki.blogspot.com/
Hey Moonbats, if it’s that bad in Canada, you can do what your brethren moonbats only thretened down south. You can move to the U.S. ! Congress is in the hands of a Moonbat controlled party and GWB is proving ineffectve day by day. Obama is your candidate! What? He’s mono-lingual you say? No problemo, he’s Islamic! You know, the most oppressed minority group in the world–other than rich white lesbians.
Does the Archdiocese of Toronto know about this?
In a post from Sept 2006, young master Allen writes:
“I can finally say that I’m all settled in here at Serra House.”
Serra House is where you live when you think you might have a vocation to the Catholic priesthood.
I may have to convert to Buddhism…
No, he isn’t mad at us for getting mad at him. He’s genuinely puzzled, and in my view, I think that many overreacted to him and his post.
Think.
How many times have bloggers/writers called for Bush’s death? Saddam Hussein’s death? Chirac’s death? And so on. Indeed, in some countries, it IS a felony to call for the death of your leader (in Iran, in Saudi Arabia, in Saddam’s Iraq, in Zimbabwe ie in totalitarian countries).
What about the many posts on the left calling for Bush’s demise and the many posts on the right calling for the demise of China’s leaders, the demise of Islamic imams and so on.
He’s a 22 year old kid. As he himself says, his verbiage and his actions are not the same.
I’d be more worried about the folks behind the scenes that have been pulling the strings in this country realizing that Harper will never be their puppet and that he’s going to burn their playhouse down.
Sirhan Sirhan, 24 years old. He wrote RFK Must Die over and over again in his diary.
I’ve never read a right wing post calling for the assasination of China’s leaders
or Islamic imams, actually. I wish Castro would die faster, but I don’t wish someone would kill him.
ET, I am absolutely surprised at your at your comment.
Having read (and appreciated) many of your writings during the last year or so, this seems uncharacteristic.
I am of the opinion that 22 years is enough time to have gained some common sense.
No matter what his intentions, this young man needs to get his head examined.
Remember the writings of the (also) young man who killed a young lady at Dawson College?
People that talk about suicide are the ones that kill themselves.
People that talk about killing people are the ones that do the killing.
Regardless of the attempt to spin a death threat against Canada’s elected leader, it’s still a death threat and both he and his friends should be shook by the RCMP to see what falls out. The guy is an unbalanced whack job.
Y’know, all computers, private papers, phone records, bank records, school records, library records and like that. Check this nut case out. The cries fro the left that he’s only a kid are nonsense.
“violent rape at the hands of neo-con pigs”…
I never get invited to the really cool parties…
Professor Tim Ball has received 5 death threats for disagreeing with the IPCC report on global warming.
What the hell is happening to our country?
It will be interesting to see how the RCMP reacts to
this blogger.
Will they respond publicly?
Will we ever know if is just a hateful but harmless twit?
Do the ‘insider joke’ friends that he speaks of
have the same mindset, or are they a more determined lot?
And will MSM cover this story at all?
Many, many questions . . . . .
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i can’t wait for young mr varlaki to yell “fire” in a crowded theatre…
or make “bomb jokes” over at pearson airport.
he’s such a card.
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ET,
I too am amazed at your comment on this so called ‘kid’.
Most of the “men” dying in Iraq as part of the US Army and Marines are about that age.
There is no excuse for this kind of irresponsible behaviour from a 22 year old university student.
For God’s sake man, the age of reason is seven!
This person should go to jail for incitement and uttering threats or whatever the lawyer talk is for dangerous behaviour directed at our prime minister.
Just like a child pressing parents with bad behavior to find out what the parameters actually are. Allen Varlaki just found out how far you can push the neocon pigs before they start oinking back.
Well, Allen, you have arrived … be afraid, be very very afraid. And good luck finding a decent after you have finished your indoctrination period. This episode will travel with you and your resume for life.
I don’t think even your beloved leftist government agencies will want to have you around. You make them look even worse than they are and they do want to get elected.
Charge him with incitement.
I still disagree; I think everyone is overreacting.
Kathy – because Sirhan wrote those words does not mean that all articulations of ‘he’d better watch out’ are the same.
Equally, it is invalid to say that ‘people who talk about suicide’ are the only ones to kill themselves as opposed to people who don’t talk about it but still do. And the same with killing others. It is simply totally invalid to say that articulation is a required prior act.
Yes, 22 years is reasonably mature, but I think it is extremely dangerous to merge words and actions. Because one or a few individuals do carry out their verbal articulations does not mean that the two, words and actions, are inextricably linked.
Kathy – I’ve certainly read posts and lots of them calling for the assassination of China’s leaders and the assassination of radical imams and Castro and so on. It’s hardly unknown. Equally, there are lots of posts calling for the assassination of Bush!
I think it’s an overblown reaction. Now, if he had been taking steps to carry out such an action, ie, purchasing a gun, purchasing explosives, etc, etc – that’s moving the words into action. But I cannot stress enough the danger of thinking that words are actions.
Remember What’s her Name – No, I’m not doing a Harry Potter, I’m simply terrible with names..but whoever..who stomped on a doll of Bush on TV – and Martin/Chretien did nothing about it. Martin only demoted her when she criticized him.
I maintain that it’s an overblown reaction. He hasn’t sent a death threat to Harper, he hasn’t done anything. He’s posted a scenario on his blog. You people may think I’m thick as mud, but I don’t see the reason for the fuss.
Hopefully his parents will take away his computer privileges for at least a week. No blogging and worse yet, no computer games. That should teach him…personally, I think it should be at least a month.
You bring up a good point , ET.
I would hope that this young man is never allowed the opportunity of ever legally owning a firearm.
I would think that should be the minimum result of his ill-advised comments.
I hope this moron is held accountable for his crap.
I’m tired of this ‘sure it’s on the internet, but it’s only for a couple of friends who understand my quirky style of writing’ BS.
What, is it actually too much trouble to email his two friends?
Great posts about the armed forces. There are indeed 22 year olds in all branches of the service who competently handle million dollar equipment, and make life or death decisions. Meanwhile this witless fellow admits he’s afraid of guns but wishes someone would use one on his behalf.
Three guesses which party he votes for, assuming he votes (he says he doesn’t believe in democracy). They can have him.
ET you have read those posts but I never have. We must hang out at very different blogs.
ET,
“He hasn’t sent a death threat to Harper, he hasn’t done anything. He’s posted a scenario on his blog.”
Which is accessible to anyone and everyone. That is the whole points of blogs isn’t it? So people -will- read your thoughts.
If someones publishes death threats or “scenarios” on their blog, isn’t this tantamount to making a public call for the action?
ET…
i to am surprised by your comments. the kid made 2 direct threats to the PM’s life.
Hmmm…carrying on from ET’s post…Ms. MacMillan and Ms. Shaidle, is this not (even in the least bit) like your postings about Justin Trudeau (drugging the St. Bernard and shouting whatever to induce an avalanche)? Granted, your postings were clearly obvious jokes while Mr. Varlacki’s was very possibly a true death threat, but isn’t it at least possible that these are in the same vein? Couldn’t Ann Coulter and Bill Maher be accused of the same type of comments?
The left is all for democracy when they win elections. When they lose, however, democracy becomes an inconvenience that many of them are willing to put aside in order to get their way.
This warped arrogance and violence is the result of the left’s brainwashing of weak minds, IMO. Unable to resort to logic, they resort to advocating violence.
When you think about it, it’s not much different from when Islamic terrorists strap bombs onto feeble-minded idiots who aren’t smart enough to question what they’re being told.
Getting back to ‘our’ leftists, you see it all the time. Bill Maher saying the world would be a better if the Taliban had gotten Cheney. And this clown threatening Harper.
There is a fundamental difference between the left and the right.
When Republicans/conservatives lose elections, they take it as a message that they need to change.
When Democrats / liberals lose, a good number of them start plotting the coup to get around the ballot box.
Some of them are so warped by the belief that they’re on the moral high ground that they feel justified in shooting people for what they view as the greater good.
It’s just backs up Michael Savage’s contention that “Liberalism is a mental disorder.”
Conservatives may dislike the Clintons, Gores, Trudeaus and Laytons of the world. But I’ve never heard anyone say they should be shot.
In my younger days I had an altercation in a bar. The police showed up and all the perps (including me) were arrested. I was taunted by one gentleman and I responded by saying “oh…you’re dead ass*ole”
I was charged with uttering death threats.
Did I literally mean it, obviously not, but now I have a record for my stupidity.
Should our immature friend be charged? My opinion, hell yes!
If you’ve got thirty seconds of time to waste, have a look at the Red Star column Varlaki was talking about: it’s a classic example of rambling, wet noodle, not-quite-sure-what-the-hell-I’m-trying-to-say space wasting journalese, and Red Star semi-literate journalese at that. Add to that the fact the guy is a part time civil servant and I think I get the picture as to why he wants to go postal. But he’d be better off he just drank the Kool Aid instead.
Ok so this guy has in a failed attempt at a joke called for Harper’s assassination. Some wish to forgive others to assail him in response. Here is my take, we need to get a photo of him and post it on our blogs as the face of a traitor. Plain and simple, no calls for retribution or police action, just expose him. I disagree strongly with most Liberls and I lived through a lot of their garbage but I would still never call for harm to any of them. In fact in a place like Michael Coren’s show their misplaced passion has been shown to seldom be the product of thoughtful contemplation but simply [passion misdirected. Expose Allen as a thoughtless failed comedian who crossed the line of class and taste to the point of treason.
‘Nuff said
Ok so this guy has in a failed attempt at a joke called for Harper’s assassination. Some wish to forgive others to assail him in response. Here is my take, we need to get a photo of him and post it on our blogs as the face of a traitor. Plain and simple, no calls for retribution or police action, just expose him. I disagree strongly with most Liberals and I lived through a lot of their garbage but I would still never call for harm to any of them. In fact in a place like Michael Coren’s show their misplaced passion has been shown to seldom be the product of thoughtful contemplation but simply passion misdirected. Expose Allen as a thoughtless failed comedian who crossed the line of class and taste to the point of treason.
‘Nuff said
That’s what leftism does, makes petulant little children out of people.
😉
Hey Hoss, check this out:
“At the core of liberalism is the spoiled child — miserable, as all spoiled children are, unsatisfied, demanding, ill-disciplined, despotic, and useless. Liberalism is a philosophy of sniveling brats.”
—P.J. O’Rourke, Give War a Chance
Again, he shouldn’t be charged; he wasn’t threatening Harper. Because he said ‘it’s a good idea’ doesn’t mean that he is doing anything other than verbose imaginings.
Yes, there’s the example of Bill Maher saying that Cheney ought to be ‘taken out’ and his death would be a good idea. Was he flung in jail? And as I’ve said, I’ve read on numerous blogs – which sites I can’t remember – about wishes for the death of China’s leaders, Putin, Castro, Bush, Hussein, all Muslims and Iran (nuke them! nuke them!)and so on.
He did not write Harper and threaten him; he talked on his blog. Period. I’m thick as mud and twice as dumb – and I still think the reaction of just about everyone is overblown hysteria.
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“ET said… I still think the reaction of
just about everyone is overblown hysteria.”
hey ET… “phone home”
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Ok, i have it figured out now.
This is not the ET we have come to know and appreciate.
Its an imposter
ET: Well I dunno about starting to charge the creepy things that are comming out of the moonbat left these days:
We got death threats to scientists who don’t drink moonie Koolade, we got baby bats musing about shooting conservative PMs….then at the climate change moonbat shindig in Calgary we got some moonbat dressed like darth vader waving a 40″ sword at Kyoto counter-protestors.
http://no-libs.com/?p=1517#comments
Maybe too early for a general police round-up of rabid moonbats but all conservatives and well adjusted people should keep some moonbat repellant close at hand until this hydophobia runs its course in the fringe left. 😉
ET: I’m not going to get within a million miles of even speculating… but read the statement that this guy made (at bottom). Swap out Harper and insert “Justin Trudeau”, “Hillary”, “Obama”, “Layton”, or “Dion”.
Can you look into your heart and say that you would feel the same way?
And again… I’m not threatening anything. I don’t know you and I don’t have anything against you.
BUT… what if someone had a website and posted your address and work schedule (these things are known about Harper)… and said on his blog that the time was fast approaching that YOU needed to take a bullet. Or your kid needed to take a bullet to end your socialist pig bloodline?
Still sound innocent to you? The reality is that you and your soiled undies would be on the phone to the police in two seconds screaming for protection. And you would be justified in doing so.
Nutjobs often tip their hands well in advance of hurting people. Someone should take a hard look at the type of person who would make a statement like this guy made.
Frankly, it sounds like a cry for help from a sick mind. Someone should answer it.
FROM HIS SITE: “I’ve always maintained that there will come a point at which Stephen Harper will have to take a bullet. I mean, we’ll arrive at a time when the only way we can protect this country, its ideal and its history from a violent rape at the hands of the neo-con pigs is to take this man out.”
Notwithstanding the debate of it blogger has uttered a threat, there is a troubling comment where he notes that Harper is doubling Dion’s numbers on leadership, which is justification for stopping Harper, with a bullet or otherwise. This young lad doesn’t respect democracy; that is a very troubling attitude. Does he have any idea what happens in authoritarian societies? Freedom of press and democracy are seen as threats to the hierarchy. What I find ironic in the left support of authoritarian causes is that some of the groups that gravitate to the left, gays and trade unionists for example, would be the first ones hanged in these states.
Allan has come forward with a much clearer apology. We should be willing to forgive.
http://secondthots.blogspot.com/2007/03/blogger-calls-for-stephen-harpers.html
ET , liberal MP Carolyn Parrish.
“no calls for retribution”
From the right
in reponse to
“I mean we’ll arrive at a time when the only way we can protect this country, it’s ideal and it’s history from a violant rape at the hands of the neo con pigs is to take this man out”
From the batshit crazy progressives.
I for one am done with giving someone violent the benefit of the doubt.
Is he a muslim, this sounds exactly like the Toronto 17’s plot to cut Priminister Steve head off ?
What useless “ministry of” employs newspaper readers like this killer?
Uttering death threats is a crime which is as it should be. It is a very chilling form of intimidation inimical to the functioning of democracy. There should be no burden upon the victim of such threats to go to any effort to ascertain the seriousness of the threat any more than a bank teller should be under any burden to assess the seriousness of a robber handing her a note saying “I’ve got a gun, hand over all the cash”. The left love to use violence and intimidation and have a long history of doing so for one simple reason — it works. It works to suppress the exercise of free speech and suppress opposition to the leftist agenda; it works to bully people into agreeing to policies they would otherwise oppose; it works to coerce people into surrendering freedoms they should by rights enjoy. The throwing of pies, vandalism or unlawful occupation of property, street violence, sabotage of public institutions, and threats against the person are not “jokes”. Abusers threatening violence love to use “Oh you didn’t really take me seriously did you?” as their out, to put the victim in a double bind. Likewise leftists love to use “Oh it was simply a protest” to abuse the larger society while trying to appear self-righteously virtuous. It’s time to demand some responsibility and respect for democratic society. The man is over eighteen, an adult, responsible for his actions. If the facts are as outlined in the post, he deserves jail.
The point, ET, is not that he directly threatened the Prime Minister of the country. The point is that he is advocating that SOMEONE kill the Prime Minister. This is the difference between Allen and Mr. Maher. Maher lamented that the bomb didn’t get closer, but didn’t advocate someone trying again. This “educated” young man is advocating exactly that in a forum open to hundreds of millions of people. That a handful of fellow bloggers took his comments and ran with them just educates him as to why he shouldn’t have made those comments in this arena in the first place.
He’s now getting more education, perhaps at the cost of some legal bills, into what it means to advocate the death of your country’s leader, whether you mean it or not.
Might I make an important distinction should the pigs be reading this. I know it’s difficult to understand given your double-digit IQs and all, but saying someone should take a bullet is different from saying I will deliver such a bullet personally.
I wonder if those low-IQed pigs know the difference between “adversity” and “aversion”?
See… liberalism is a mental disorder…
And we see liberals’ mental disorders getting progressively worse as society becomes progressively more permissive and encouraging of the mental disorder.
First the left threatens Bush in the US, getting away with it… now it’s spread northwards to the Canuckistani Snow Moonbats…
DrD: Well said. A sending a threat to anyone on a blog, which is open to anyone in the public domain, is no different than shouting the threat out loud on any main street of any town in Canada. Being ignorant of the law is not an excuse.
He’s not sorry for what he said , he’s sorry you’re too stupid to understand his self professed “perfect grammar and punctuation of an educated young man skilled in academic writing”
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His appology is the standard non-appology version “I appologize if you “miscontrued” ,I’m the real victim” boilerplate.
“I can’t express how much I regret having made the original post on my blog. For those who might have doubts, I have pulled the entire blog due to the volume of emails I was receiving. I just don’t have time for all that.
As I said in my original explanation of the post, it was a style of writing that my close friends are familiar with, and in my ignorance of the internet and the volume of people who read blogs, I failed to account for the fact that the site was accessible not just to those who know me, but to others.
That people have spent time searching the internet to find more information about me makes me a little nervous. I’m not sure if I should fear for my own personal safety here; but that someone has found out information about my campus affiliations and my contributions to a political party leaves me feeling concerned.
Again, might I apologize to anyone who took offence to what I wrote. I assure you with every fiber of my being that I was not uttering a threat but merely posting rashly and without due consideration to how my words might be miscontrued. I’m sorry.
I’m relatively new to the whole practice of blogging, and this experience leaves me feeling uneasy about continuing to do so. I doubt I will re-establish my blog…it was always too much of a time-drain to maintain anyways. If I do, I will be sure to post more respectfully and with great dilligence.”
# posted by A. V. : 1:22 PM
“Jail, no bail”, and he began to wail!
Exactly eyeore.
You’ll notice that I’m not one of those calling the police on this fellow. I’m just pointing out and mocking his foolishness, just as other people took exception to my post and did likewise.
One big difference is that my post is actually witty.
Well said, ET. You should consider starting up your own blog instead of just commenting on polluted forums.
I’ve never read a right wing post calling for the assasination of China’s leaders
or Islamic imams, actually.
Well let me help you out, Kathy.
We should be responding quietly, killing radical mullahs and iranian atomic scientists…
http://instapundit.com/archives2/2007/02/post_2521.php
I think that some of the ‘anti’ reaction today is coloured by frustration.
As we all know, had this been written/said on some 22 year old rightwingers about Chretien/Martin/Dion etc.then the MSM reaction would have been immediate and shrill.
I am more of the school that it is not what you say, it is what you do.
Rob’t is, of course, trying to infer that Instapundit is a “far right” blog. Anybody?