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"Mabus" Arrested
18 August 2011. One of the nicer posts Dennis Markuze, aka David Mabus, made on the Skeptic's Dictionary Facebook page was "what happens when you LOSE Pascal's Wager, carroll..." Other posts were threatening or incoherent rants against atheists, capitalists, and those who dared deny that Nostradamus was a prophet.
I've been on his mailing list for years, receiving daily or weekly rants containing threats and accusations against myself, Randi, and others. There is no need to call in the mental health professionals to assess the situation. The man is sick by any definition of sick. Even so, being deranged doesn't give one the right to harass people from the comfort of your parent's home in St. Laurent, outside Montreal, Canada. After years of requests to the Montreal police to do something about Markuze were ignored, a movement to harass the Montreal police until they acted began a couple of weeks ago. Mabus was arrested yesterday.
One news story begins this way:
After receiving nearly 5,000 email complaints about the now infamous "Mabus" case, police have arrested a man accused of making death threats online.
The email complaints were spawned by William Vanderbeek, a San Francisco-based scientist, who started an online campaign that led to Montreal police being flooded with thousands of tweets and emails, demanding an investigation.
I just checked the SD Facebook account and found that I had banned Markuze 137 times. (Some of the names may not be from Markuze. There's no way to tell where they came from, but the messages left behind by these posters had his odor about them.) He may be mentally ill, but he is not stupid. He knows how to produce alias after alias to get onto servers and forums where he's been banned and banned and banned again. Below is the list of names he used to get into Facebook or to email me and others. Note that he used the same name, David Mabus, many times, and yet was able to rejoin and rejoin and rejoin. Why? I don't know. All I know is that about six months ago he quit bothering me on Facebook and his emails became less frequent. Others were not so lucky. Complaints of death threats from Markuze have become common. A favorite of all the names he came up with has to be Dennis Muykrazy. Or was that a name of a Mabus impersonator? We may never find out.
- Merlin Ambrosious
- Zeynep Sevda
- David Mabus
- David Mabus
- David Mabus
- David Mabus
- Wina Maulana
- David Mabus
- David Mabus
- David Mabus
- Jimmy Bee
- David Mabus
- David Mabus
- David Mabus
- David Mabus
- David Mabus
- David Mabus
- David Mabus
- David Mabus
- David Mabus
- Juan Roig
- David Mabus
- David Mabus
- David Mabus
- David Mabus
- David Mabus
- David Mabus
- TheAtheist Wars
- Atheists Wars
- Thewar Ofatheism
- David Mabus
- Theatheism Wars
- Atheists Wars
- Meltem Kahraman
- David Mabus
- David Mabus
- David Mabus
- David Mabus
- David Mabus
- David Mabus
- Ben Crudford
- James Lambii
- Richard Charleston
- Michels Duforts
- Michals Shertimer
- Mazimmo Piguletucci
- James Baambi
- Mucals Shairtmers
- Halbert Mazabuza
- Hebelt Loutrimiolle
- Halbert Marrabusa
- Halpert Mazabuca
- Zalberry Sarabusa
- Halperne Marabuze
- Dennis Muykrazy
- Dave Mabus
- Halpern Macabusa
- Halpert Mazabuka
- Halbern Mazabula
- Damlert Macabusa
- Hambert Marzuba
- Halbert Loumissio
- Helbert Mazuca
- Halpert Mazabuza
- Halper Maracuze
- Hallburt Marabusa
- Helabert Massumus
- Halpers Mazuba
- Halbern Pedroski
- Hazbert Mapabusa
- Halbern Marzabua
- Halberte Mazaruba
- Helbert Loumitrelle
- Halppert Mazabusa
- Halbert Macbusa
- Halpbert Makazuba
- Helber Liberatus
- Halpert Musuomos
- Halpern Mombussu
- Herbie Mabzua
- Halbers Mabacusa
- Halpert Marzabu
- Hadzbert Kalabusa
- Hetzer Relabusa
- Halzbern Sarabuza
- Halpzert Talbusa
- Hebzert Karabusa
- Hebezert Kokopuza
- Halzern Porabusa
- Hetzberg Plabusa
- Hezberts Ramabusa
- Harbert Parabusa
- Hepert Reabuza
- Ralbert Karbusa
- Dalbert Jolapousa
- Helpert Lorabusa
- Hellbert Erabusa
- Rezbert Sarabuza
- Hearzbert Lanabusa
- Jazbert Ralabusa
- Halzbera Malapuza
- Heberzert Palopusa
- Harabaz Lopauzi
- Hallbern Polabusa
- Helzbert Tarazbusa
- Halberx Larabusa
- Hibert Mazuraba
- Hezbert Ralabuza
- Habzert Erabusa
- Herzberl Parazuba
- Hesbert Lorabusa
- Helzbert Tazabura
- Heloberz Relosbusa
- Herlpert Merabusa
- Halnbert Paralbusa
- Hebert Tarabuza
- Hetzbert Reloubusa
- Hilbert Sardabus
- Helazebert Marrxuxe
- Hezberts Relobusa
- Kazbert Harabusa
- Herzber Larmarabusa
- Halpzert Rafalbusa
- markuze72@gmail.com
- toot@madhuri.com
- herberthippotamus5@saintly.com
- theatheistxwars@lavabit.com
- davidmabus66@gmail.com
- dionysusmarkuze@gmail.com
- davmab2001@gmx.com
- davidmabus7@revolutionist.com
- waratheisms2@lavabit.com
- waratheist@lavabit.com
- theboobquakes@lavabit.com
- atheistwar3@lavabit.com
- davidmabus2000@gmail.com
- markuze@usedcomputershop.com
I wish there was a way to bring peace to this poor man's brain, but I fear it is hopeless. Whether this arrest is a good thing or a bad thing remains to be seen.
Below are three snapshots I took of Markuze's comments on the SD Facebook page. For months he was posting two or three of these foul rants a day on the Facebook page until one day he just stopped.