Complaint letter to The Inquirer
To Paul Hale, Editor
Regarding: Escaped spammer kills himself
I’ve been reading the Inq since before there was an Inq — in fact, I was a fan of Mageek’s writing before there was even a Reg. I followed Mike from the Reg to the Inq and have read both sites ever since. I am not opposed to your tongue-in-cheek commentary, and I am a fan of your sometimes gutterpress attitude to rumours. The world has enough boring tech sites.
This article however is appalling. I hate spam as much as the next guy but that report is disgustingly insensitive. To make light of the murder of a three year old girl is simply staggering in its stupidity.
Let’s reflect on that opening sentence:
“NOT ALL STORIES have a happy ending, but the tale of escaped spam king Edward “Eddie” Davidson sure does. After walking away from prison, he got a gun, killed his family, then killed himself.”
Do the decent thing, Paul. Retract this and issue an apology immediately.
(If the Inq pull the piece, The Register has linked to a backup copy incase you want to see what the fuss is about)
You tell em The Gaywood!
Good work man, agreed.