question concerning libel-case threats

[concerned citiz]

What is the name of your state? I am in Canada

For some time I have been witnessing a poster on usenet newsgroups who admits to being mentally ill. He has been posting all kinds of threats to different people posting there, including physical viloence, but mostly, he is saying that anything they say to or about him regarding his known false accusations of people is libel, and he threatens to take them to what he calls 'libel court'. He insists that he will not only take peoples' homes, cars, all personal possessions, have them fired from their jobs, etcetera. He is a proven disturbed person not only by his actions there, but by his own admission, and he also is saying terrible things about others, for example:

He said a nurse had supposedly admitted to abusing patients, when that was not so, and has for over a year been threatening to have her license revoked, and have her fired from her employment.
He has also threatened another person's marriage, claiming he will send her husband some form of ansavory information concerning her. He has threatened death to at least one other person.
He has previously written pornographic material which he tried to sell over the internet, and when this wass revealed, he has been in denial of that even after proof was presented, and on the warpath since.

While I realize that simply contacting the FBI in Seattle where he lives will not really accomplish anything unles he tries to carry out any of his threats, are there any measures that can be taken to prevent him from harrassing people with feigned lawsuits?
His ISP has done nothing to date.

I apologize for the length of this, and welcome any and all advice you can give me.
Thank you all.

Concerned

 

[BelizeBreeze]

Yes there are measures you can take. You can either quit participating in the newsgroup or create your own and ban him.

 

[I AM ALWAYS LIABLE]

Learn to read!

What is the name of your state? I am in Canada

For some time I have been witnessing a poster on usenet newsgroups who admits to being mentally ill. He has been all kinds of threats to different people posting there, including physical viloence, but mostly, he is saying that anything they say to or about him regarding his known false accusations of people is libel, and he threatens to take them to what he calls 'libel court'. He insists that he will not only take peoples' homes, cars, all personal possessions, have them fired from their jobs, etcetera. He is a proven disturbed person not only by his actions there, but he also is saying terrible thinss about others, for example:
He said a nurse had supposedly admitted to abusing patients, when that was not so, and has for over a year been threatening to have her license revoked, and have her fired from her employment.
He has also threatened another person's marriage, claiming he will send her husband some form of ansavory information concerning her. He has threatened death to at least one other person.
He has prreviously written pornographic material which he tried to sell over the internet, and when this wass revealed, he has been in denial of that even after proof was presented, and on the warpath since.

Whioe I realize that simply contacting the FBI in Seattle where he lives will not really accomplish anything unles he tries to carry out any of his threats, are there any measures that can be taken to prevent him from harrassing people with feigned lawsuits?
I apologize for the length of this, and welcome any and all advice you can give me.
Thank you all.

Concerned

- US Law Only -

 

[concerned citiz]

Regarding idle threats

Canda--------------

Are you saying then, that the person has no case? Many of us have tried to ignore him, but he keeps posting his false accusations, and utters terribly obscene things to and about people. Surely we don't have to put up with being called all kinds of obscene things and being threatened by such an individual.

It is a Christian newsgroup, and he is upsetting a lot of decent people who could otherwise carry on some good discussions.

I just wanted some advice as to his continual threats against people, and am politely asking if there is anything that can legally be done in order to trim his sails.
I am sorry if my question seems irrelevent to you.

 

[concerned citiz]

Yes there are measures you can take. You can either quit participating in the newsgroup or create your own and ban him.

to create a moderated group is next to impossible, because several of us tried.
The man is abusing others constantly. All we are asking is for some advice on how to deal with this type of person, who hase been posting obscenities and threats for several years now. Each time anyone complains, nothing gets done.I am sorry if you feel I am wasting your time, but to me, this is a serious thing, and I was on;ly politely asking for some advice, instead of a put-down.

 

[I AM ALWAYS LIABLE]

My response:

You're a spammer on this site. Learn to read, will you? This site is for U.S. LAW ONLY. What is your problem?

IAAL

 

[concerned citiz]

My response:

You're a spammer on this site. Learn to read, will you? This site is for U.S. LAW ONLY. What is your problem?

IAAL

The biggest problem is YOUR IGNORANCE sir.

The site permits people from other countries to participate.

I will no longer bother responding to your ignorance, but leave you to your blissful folly.

 

[I AM ALWAYS LIABLE]

My response:

Apparently, you don't read very well. This is what's stated at the top of every page of every forum:

"Please choose a Forum below to read or post a question - US Law Only - YOU MUST INCLUDE THE NAME OF YOUR STATE"

Yeah, learn to read, you "ignoramus".

We're not helping you.

IAAL

 

[meganproser]

The offending individual is in the US.

OP, don’t assume what the police will or won’t act on. Contact his local police dept., report any threats of violence and follow their advice.

As for all the threats of “libel court”, snort, if you don’t talk about him then you won’t have anything to worry about. If the guy is unstable, why does anyone there argue with him?

Finally, there are plenty of servers that can host your group in a “posting by approval only” setting. Why don’t you set one of them up?

Good luck!