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John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approves extradition to US

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Post by pessimizer »

xadhominemx wrote: post #275
sva_ wrote: post #23

What a strange life he lived. I'm not going to make a value judgement about whether or not he was a 'good' person, but I do applaud the fact that he dared to deviate from the norm. "There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. A high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die." -- Hunter S Thompson RIP

He’s a murderer and fraudster. You do not in fact have to applaud him for anything.

> issuing correction on a previous post of mine, regarding the terror group ISIL. you do not, under any circumstances, "gotta hand it to them"

https://twitter.com/dril/status/831805955402776576

Re: John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approves extradition to US

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Post by dontblink »

ufmace wrote: post #377
stusmall wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There was a ruling today approving his extradition to the US. US officials were about to get him and he was facing extremely serious charges. That's a really important bit of context to keep in mind before jumping to ideas that some shadowy "they" had him killed.

The timing does make me suspicious. I'm generally willing to believe he was "suicided" by some shadowy conspiracy. But if that's what happened, why would they do it on the day his extradition was approved? If our secret ninja assassins wanted to take him out because he Knew Too Much or whatever, they could do that any old time. Why do it on the day his extradition was approved instead of some random day 6 months ago…

Or they could only get too him in a Spanish prison and they ran out of time.

Re: John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approves extradition to US

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Post by madememakeacct »

willis936 wrote: post #135
okamiueru wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As cynical as it might seem, there is an alternative possibility: in spite of getting a tattoo saying he would not kill himself, and in spite of posting a tweet saying he would not kill himself, he went ahead and killed himself.

An unstable personality that hates the US saying the US government would stage a suicide is much more likely to actually kill themselves than your regular run-of-the-mill evil billionaire with powerful enemies saying nothing about how they will die. I don't think Mcafee really thought things through enough to come to this conclusion.

"I'd never kill myself" is exactly what a suicidal person _would_ say.. Great post.

Re: John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approves extradition to US

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Post by jahewson »

bethecloud wrote: post #8

From McAffee in 2019, "Getting subtle messages from U.S. officials saying, in effect: "We're coming for you McAfee! We're going to kill yourself". I got a tattoo today just in case. If I suicide myself, I didn't. I was whackd. Check my right arm. " https://twitter.com/officialmcafee/status/120086428376625152...

What you have here is someone ruminating on and obsessing over themes of suicide. Sadly that’s exactly the kind of person who goes on to fall victim to that behaviour.

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Post by fastball »

whydoyoucare wrote: post #407
fastball wrote: post #311

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do the past statements of a clearly unhinged individual need to be taken seriously?

Unless you are very sure that McAfee was "clearly unhinged individual", it is a strong statement and ad hominem. Doesn't help add to the discussion than mere gossip.

The man said he would eat his own dick on TV[1] if Bitcoin didn't hit $500k in 2020. There are credible reports he paid women to shit in his mouth from a hammock. There is his entire twitter feed. I am very sure McAfee was a "clearly unhinged individual", and if you're not I'd like to know what kind of evidence you need.

[1] http://dickening.com/

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Post by fastball »

oauea wrote: post #412
fastball wrote: post #311

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do the past statements of a clearly unhinged individual need to be taken seriously?

Yes.

So every statement should always be taken seriously? Is there no minimum bar of credibility that should be met?

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Post by KorematsuFred »

I remember that John McAfee was a strong supporter of prostitution. In one of the Libertarian party debates he said he is the most qualified person to support this issue because he married a prostitute.

McAfee represented the old west styled "good outlaw" stereotype. Sadly, their times has passed away.

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Post by knicholes »

ceejayoz wrote: post #137
bethecloud wrote: post #8

From McAffee in 2019, "Getting subtle messages from U.S. officials saying, in effect: "We're coming for you McAfee! We're going to kill yourself". I got a tattoo today just in case. If I suicide myself, I didn't. I was whackd. Check my right arm. " https://twitter.com/officialmcafee/status/120086428376625152...

He said he'd eat his dick on live TV if Bitcoin didn't hit $500k by last year ( https://twitter.com/officialmcafee/status/887012614131372032 , https://twitter.com/officialmcafee/status/887039604846714881 , https://twitter.com/officialmcafee/status/887024683379544065 ) so the track record on predictions... isn't great.

At least he doesn't have to fulfill that promise, albeit late.
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