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Peter Bowditch, Libel, Fraud and the Australian Computer Society
Question:
>I have been called a "rotting pederast", have been referred to as >"i-like-to-fuck-dead-rats-ditch", was once told "you wanna see >been called a "butt-ugly c*nt". I do not give a rat’s arse about the >feelings of the person who said these things.
I am pleased to report that the Gutless Anonymous Liar not only reads misc.health.alternative, but is following this thread. It is, of course, too cowardly to post here (perhaps because its IP address would be revealed). As it was commenting on something I said here, I feel bound to pass on its thoughts to other people interested in this conversation. I would encourage Mr O’Nonymous to load up Google instead of zoubidoo next time and join in the fun. >Just think about your faux pas for a moment Mr. Faux-Ditch. Again, you >have no proof of the source of this quote, and again you publish and >attribute the quote to one of your victims. Maybe problem is that your >wife is a butt-ugly c*nt and your reactive lunacy is a simple a bad >case of transference. None the less, you have fallen deep into the >honey pot, gone for the bait, and continually and knowingly invent who >the author might be. Good work!
Come on GAL, post here yourself. Don’t leave all the work up to me. Mad – Quintessence of the Loon http://www.ratbags.com/loon Bad – The Millenium Project http://www.ratbags.com/rsoles Sad – Full Canvas Jacket http://www.ratbags.com/ranters
Response:
(Note – the reason for quoting the complete text of Mr O’Neill’s message, including his quote of my previous message is to place a context on his first claim – that I attributed a message to him which did not come from him.) – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> >Mr. Peter Bowditch of the Millenium Project, http://www.ratbags.com, > >and Gebesse Computer Consulting, http://www.gebesse.com.au, and as a > >member of the Australian Computer Society has, for the better part of > >a year, been posting fraudulent, libelous, and defamatory information > >concerning the Canadian Cancer Research Group, Mr. William P. O’Neill, > >and the O’Neill family. Mr. Bowditch has been advised that his > >continued publication of information and absence of retraction and > >apology will percipitate legal action. > Speaking of Gebesse, could Mr O’Neill explain why he used my company’s > business name to open an account at Tripod so that he could produce > the web site at http://gebesse.tripod.com? I notice that all the > contents of the directory there were removed on 26 June 2001 (I can > read dates), but a copy of the most recent version can be seen at > http://www.ratbags.com/rsoles/strange/tributes/tripod5
I see that Mr O’Neill has not answered this question. > >Legal action commenced on June 26, 2001, where Statements of Claim > >have been filed in relevant jursidictions naming Mr. Bowditch as > >defendant and claiming that Mr. Bowditch has knowingly published and > >re-published information that is libelous and defamatory. > It is now half-way through 27 June here and no legal material has > appeared at my very public address. Mr O’Neill should get his lawyer > to fax me copies of the Statements of Claim.
It is now 11 hours later, and still nothing has turned up. Mr O’Neill knows my fax number, so it should not be a problem for him to fax me the Statements of Claim. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> >Server logs > >demonstrating that Mr. Bowditch, or someone accessing his > >server/computer, has repeatedly spoofed IP addresses and hijacked > >email accounts, belonging to the Canadian Cancer Research Group, have > >been turned over to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, where, in turn, > >logs have been given to Interpol, where a criminal investigation have > >been initiated. > To save time during discovery, Mr O’Neill should get his lawyer to > email me a copy (or perhaps just an extract) of these logs. He should > also get his lawyer to explain to him that Interpol does not > investigate anything, but merely acts as a clearing house and > coordination agency between national and state police forces. > Suggesting that Interpol would investigate me would be like saying > that I could be sued for libel in the World Court. > >All information published by Mr. Bowditch concerning the Canadian > >Cancer Research Group, Mr. William P. O’Neill, and the O’Neill family > >has no basis in fact, is absolutely false, intentionally misleading, > >libelous, defamatory and as such, is subject to civil litigation in > >both Canada and Australia and litigation has been intitiated. Matters > >concerning computer fraud, as allegedly committed by Mr. Bowditch, are > >now the subject of criminal investigations. > There have been announcements made in the past about how both civil > and criminal actions have been commenced against me. That no lawyer or > law enforcement officer has ever contacted me despite the fact that I > am in the telephone book suggests either that alarmingly gross > incompetence is endemic throughout the legal and justice systems or > that, to paraphrase Mark Twain, reports of my censure are greatly > exaggerated. > >The Canadian Cancer Research Group has repeatedly attempted to gain > >cooperation from Mr. Bowditch and the Australian Computer Society. > >Both have intentionally ignored and intensified their respective > >campaigns of abuse and fraud. As it concerns the Australian Computer > >Society, the Canadian Cancer Research Group has made respresentation > >to the Canadian Computer Society in seeking sanctions against the > >Australian Computer Society in its’ support and encouragement of > >member and society activity that is in conflict with society ethics. > There is no conflict between what I do privately and the strictures > placed on my professional life by the ACS Code of Ethics. Mr O’Neill > seems obsessed with the idea that he can embarrass me inside the > Australian Computer Society or that he can embarrass the ACS by > continually linking them with me. The facts are that the ACS has no > interest in what I do privately and has expressed this to him in the > past. As recently as yesterday, Mr O’Neill has suggested that the ACS > has terminated my membership, yet he persists in saying that they do > nothing about me and may even be assisting and supporting me. > This obsession with the ACS and access logs seems to be shared by the > Gutless Anonymous Liar, who just today sent me a message which said: > "go ahead and ask mr.furini about his telephone conversation today > with a certain lawyer and then ask mr. furinin why he would deny the > conversation and then ask mr. furini who he knows to be a victim of a > honey-pot scam that left footprints of a specific australian all over > the map and then ask him about the letter he sent to certain > australian agency that authenticates the logs from the honey-pot and > then ask why he’s being so god darn evasive and then ask him why he > thinks you’re such an incredible fucking retard……and then". (Mr > Furini is the CEO of the Australian Computer Society.) > >In the event you are exposed to materials concerning the foregoing > >matters, please email the Canadian Cancer Research Group at > The message from Mr O’Neill was posted from IP address 64.229.128.231 > which is one of the pool allocated to dial-up customers of > Sympatico/Lycos in Ottawa. That same IP address was used to post a > message fraudulently using my name only a few hours before the current > message came in. I am assuming that the use of the email address > The other email address used with his message > from both Sympatico and Mr O’Neill’s office network, as has the > A final comment: > I have been called a "rotting pederast", have been referred to as > "i-like-to-fuck-dead-rats-ditch", was once told "you wanna see > been called a "butt-ugly c*nt". I do not give a rat’s arse about the > feelings of the person who said these things. > Mad – Quintessence of the Loon http://www.ratbags.com/loon > Bad – The Millenium Project http://www.ratbags.com/rsoles > Sad – Full Canvas Jacket http://www.ratbags.com/ranters
Now we get to Mr O’Neill’s latest message. >Mr. Bowditch claims have no basis in fact. He continues to assert and >attribute materials, communications, emails and usenet postings to the >Canadian Cancer Research Group and Mr. William P. O’Neill, even as >recently as his foregoing response.
Is Mr O’neill claiming that I incorrectly attributed the message to which I responded above to him? Who does he say wrote it if not him? It came from the ISP he has been using for much of his posting lately. >None have orignated from the >Canadian Cancer Research Group or Mr. O’Neill. This is the basis of >the civil action. In libel law in both Canada and Australia, it is Mr. >Bowditch’s responsibility to prove that the materials originated from >Mr. O’Neill and that the materials are true and correct.
The last sentence makes no sense. >As it concerns the criminal elements, Mr. Bowditch, or someone using >his computer, has entered into to the private computing infrastructure >of the Canadian Cancer Research Group and used resources within the >infrastructure to email, post on usenet, attempt entry into >unauthorized sites and/or servers and fruadulently represent the >Canadian Cancer Research Group.
As the messages originating from the range of IP addresses allocated to the network in Mr O’Neill’s office have been coming out for a long time, someone should ask why nothing was done in that office to fix the problem. Is he suggesting that I hacked into Sympatico/Lycos as well to send the nonsensical messages that have been appearing over my name recently? Does he seriously expect people to believe that, with all the concern he is showing for security of his office network, that as recently as two days ago I was able to breach his firewall and send a message from the machine with the IP address 209.195.93.155? I repeat my invitation to Mr O’Neill to get the assembled talent with advanced Internet knowledge he claims to have on hand to send a message from my computer. It should be a simple matter for these experts to break into the "private computing infrastructure" here in my office. >Given the multi-jurisdictional issues, >Interpol has become involved.
The polite word for this is "nonsense". >It is apparent that this is a public personal vendetta of Mr. >Bowditch. We have never met Mr. Bowditch, are uncertain of his >motives, and have communicated twice by facsimile to demand his >cooperation in ceasing his campaign. Otherwise, there has been no >communication with Mr. Bowditch, nor will there be any communication >other than through our counsel and/or authorities.
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Response:
>As it concerns the criminal elements, Mr. Bowditch, or someone using >his computer, has entered into to the private computing infrastructure >of the Canadian Cancer Research Group and used resources within the >infrastructure to email, post on usenet, attempt entry into >unauthorized sites and/or servers and fruadulently represent the >Canadian Cancer Research Group. Given the multi-jurisdictional issues, >Interpol has become involved.
And if you think Interpol can’t find out that it’s someone in your office sending the stuff, you are seriously deluded. And you claim that he hacked google.com and simpatico too? Because that is what it would take to send that message that was supposed to be from Peter. Tsu Dho Nimh The neat thing about free speech, practiced properly, is that *everyone* gets to do it.
Response:
>Mr. Peter Bowditch of the Millenium Project, http://www.ratbags.com, >and Gebesse Computer Consulting, http://www.gebesse.com.au, and as a >member of the Australian Computer Society has, for the better part of >a year, been posting fraudulent, libelous, and defamatory information >concerning the Canadian Cancer Research Group, Mr. William P. O’Neill, >and the O’Neill family. Mr. Bowditch has been advised that his >continued publication of information and absence of retraction and >apology will percipitate legal action.
Speaking of Gebesse, could Mr O’Neill explain why he used my company’s business name to open an account at Tripod so that he could produce the web site at http://gebesse.tripod.com? I notice that all the contents of the directory there were removed on 26 June 2001 (I can read dates), but a copy of the most recent version can be seen at http://www.ratbags.com/rsoles/strange/tributes/tripod5 >Legal action commenced on June 26, 2001, where Statements of Claim >have been filed in relevant jursidictions naming Mr. Bowditch as >defendant and claiming that Mr. Bowditch has knowingly published and >re-published information that is libelous and defamatory.
It is now half-way through 27 June here and no legal material has appeared at my very public address. Mr O’Neill should get his lawyer to fax me copies of the Statements of Claim. >Server logs >demonstrating that Mr. Bowditch, or someone accessing his >server/computer, has repeatedly spoofed IP addresses and hijacked >email accounts, belonging to the Canadian Cancer Research Group, have >been turned over to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, where, in turn, >logs have been given to Interpol, where a criminal investigation have >been initiated.
To save time during discovery, Mr O’Neill should get his lawyer to email me a copy (or perhaps just an extract) of these logs. He should also get his lawyer to explain to him that Interpol does not investigate anything, but merely acts as a clearing house and coordination agency between national and state police forces. Suggesting that Interpol would investigate me would be like saying that I could be sued for libel in the World Court. >All information published by Mr. Bowditch concerning the Canadian >Cancer Research Group, Mr. William P. O’Neill, and the O’Neill family >has no basis in fact, is absolutely false, intentionally misleading, >libelous, defamatory and as such, is subject to civil litigation in >both Canada and Australia and litigation has been intitiated. Matters >concerning computer fraud, as allegedly committed by Mr. Bowditch, are >now the subject of criminal investigations.
There have been announcements made in the past about how both civil and criminal actions have been commenced against me. That no lawyer or law enforcement officer has ever contacted me despite the fact that I am in the telephone book suggests either that alarmingly gross incompetence is endemic throughout the legal and justice systems or that, to paraphrase Mark Twain, reports of my censure are greatly exaggerated. >The Canadian Cancer Research Group has repeatedly attempted to gain >cooperation from Mr. Bowditch and the Australian Computer Society. >Both have intentionally ignored and intensified their respective >campaigns of abuse and fraud. As it concerns the Australian Computer >Society, the Canadian Cancer Research Group has made respresentation >to the Canadian Computer Society in seeking sanctions against the >Australian Computer Society in its’ support and encouragement of >member and society activity that is in conflict with society ethics.
There is no conflict between what I do privately and the strictures placed on my professional life by the ACS Code of Ethics. Mr O’Neill seems obsessed with the idea that he can embarrass me inside the Australian Computer Society or that he can embarrass the ACS by continually linking them with me. The facts are that the ACS has no interest in what I do privately and has expressed this to him in the past. As recently as yesterday, Mr O’Neill has suggested that the ACS has terminated my membership, yet he persists in saying that they do nothing about me and may even be assisting and supporting me. This obsession with the ACS and access logs seems to be shared by the Gutless Anonymous Liar, who just today sent me a message which said: "go ahead and ask mr.furini about his telephone conversation today with a certain lawyer and then ask mr. furinin why he would deny the conversation and then ask mr. furini who he knows to be a victim of a honey-pot scam that left footprints of a specific australian all over the map and then ask him about the letter he sent to certain australian agency that authenticates the logs from the honey-pot and then ask why he’s being so god darn evasive and then ask him why he thinks you’re such an incredible fucking retard……and then". (Mr Furini is the CEO of the Australian Computer Society.) >In the event you are exposed to materials concerning the foregoing >matters, please email the Canadian Cancer Research Group at
The message from Mr O’Neill was posted from IP address 64.229.128.231 which is one of the pool allocated to dial-up customers of Sympatico/Lycos in Ottawa. That same IP address was used to post a message fraudulently using my name only a few hours before the current message came in. I am assuming that the use of the email address The other email address used with his message from both Sympatico and Mr O’Neill’s office network, as has the A final comment: I have been called a "rotting pederast", have been referred to as "i-like-to-fuck-dead-rats-ditch", was once told "you wanna see been called a "butt-ugly c*nt". I do not give a rat’s arse about the feelings of the person who said these things. Mad – Quintessence of the Loon http://www.ratbags.com/loon Bad – The Millenium Project http://www.ratbags.com/rsoles Sad – Full Canvas Jacket http://www.ratbags.com/ranters
Response:
- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->Mr. Peter Bowditch of the Millenium Project, http://www.ratbags.com, >and Gebesse Computer Consulting, http://www.gebesse.com.au, and as a >member of the Australian Computer Society has, for the better part of >a year, been posting fraudulent, libelous, and defamatory information >concerning the Canadian Cancer Research Group, Mr. William P. O’Neill, >and the O’Neill family. Mr. Bowditch has been advised that his >continued publication of information and absence of retraction and >apology will percipitate legal action. > Speaking of Gebesse, could Mr O’Neill explain why he used my company’s > business name to open an account at Tripod so that he could produce > the web site at http://gebesse.tripod.com? I notice that all the > contents of the directory there were removed on 26 June 2001 (I can > read dates), but a copy of the most recent version can be seen at > http://www.ratbags.com/rsoles/strange/tributes/tripod5 >Legal action commenced on June 26, 2001, where Statements of Claim >have been filed in relevant jursidictions naming Mr. Bowditch as >defendant and claiming that Mr. Bowditch has knowingly published and >re-published information that is libelous and defamatory. > It is now half-way through 27 June here and no legal material has > appeared at my very public address. Mr O’Neill should get his lawyer > to fax me copies of the Statements of Claim. >Server logs >demonstrating that Mr. Bowditch, or someone accessing his >server/computer, has repeatedly spoofed IP addresses and hijacked >email accounts, belonging to the Canadian Cancer Research Group, have >been turned over to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, where, in turn, >logs have been given to Interpol, where a criminal investigation have >been initiated. > To save time during discovery, Mr O’Neill should get his lawyer to > email me a copy (or perhaps just an extract) of these logs. He should > also get his lawyer to explain to him that Interpol does not > investigate anything, but merely acts as a clearing house and > coordination agency between national and state police forces. > Suggesting that Interpol would investigate me would be like saying > that I could be sued for libel in the World Court. >All information published by Mr. Bowditch concerning the Canadian >Cancer Research Group, Mr. William P. O’Neill, and the O’Neill family >has no basis in fact, is absolutely false, intentionally misleading, >libelous, defamatory and as such, is subject to civil litigation in >both Canada and Australia and litigation has been intitiated. Matters >concerning computer fraud, as allegedly committed by Mr. Bowditch, are >now the subject of criminal investigations. > There have been announcements made in the past about how both civil > and criminal actions have been commenced against me. That no lawyer or > law enforcement officer has ever contacted me despite the fact that I > am in the telephone book suggests either that alarmingly gross > incompetence is endemic throughout the legal and justice systems or > that, to paraphrase Mark Twain, reports of my censure are greatly > exaggerated. >The Canadian Cancer Research Group has repeatedly attempted to gain >cooperation from Mr. Bowditch and the Australian Computer Society. >Both have intentionally ignored and intensified their respective >campaigns of abuse and fraud. As it concerns the Australian Computer >Society, the Canadian Cancer Research Group has made respresentation >to the Canadian Computer Society in seeking sanctions against the >Australian Computer Society in its’ support and encouragement of >member and society activity that is in conflict with society ethics. > There is no conflict between what I do privately and the strictures > placed on my professional life by the ACS Code of Ethics. Mr O’Neill > seems obsessed with the idea that he can embarrass me inside the > Australian Computer Society or that he can embarrass the ACS by > continually linking them with me. The facts are that the ACS has no > interest in what I do privately and has expressed this to him in the > past. As recently as yesterday, Mr O’Neill has suggested that the ACS > has terminated my membership, yet he persists in saying that they do > nothing about me and may even be assisting and supporting me. > This obsession with the ACS and access logs seems to be shared by the > Gutless Anonymous Liar, who just today sent me a message which said: > "go ahead and ask mr.furini about his telephone conversation today > with a certain lawyer and then ask mr. furinin why he would deny the > conversation and then ask mr. furini who he knows to be a victim of a > honey-pot scam that left footprints of a specific australian all over > the map and then ask him about the letter he sent to certain > australian agency that authenticates the logs from the honey-pot and > then ask why he’s being so god darn evasive and then ask him why he > thinks you’re such an incredible fucking retard……and then". (Mr > Furini is the CEO of the Australian Computer Society.) >In the event you are exposed to materials concerning the foregoing >matters, please email the Canadian Cancer Research Group at > The message from Mr O’Neill was posted from IP address 64.229.128.231 > which is one of the pool allocated to dial-up customers of > Sympatico/Lycos in Ottawa. That same IP address was used to post a > message fraudulently using my name only a few hours before the current > message came in. I am assuming that the use of the email address > The other email address used with his message > from both Sympatico and Mr O’Neill’s office network, as has the > A final comment: > I have been called a "rotting pederast", have been referred to as > "i-like-to-fuck-dead-rats-ditch", was once told "you wanna see > been called a "butt-ugly c*nt". I do not give a rat’s arse about the > feelings of the person who said these things. > Mad – Quintessence of the Loon http://www.ratbags.com/loon > Bad – The Millenium Project http://www.ratbags.com/rsoles > Sad – Full Canvas Jacket http://www.ratbags.com/ranters
Mr. Bowditch claims have no basis in fact. He continues to assert and attribute materials, communications, emails and usenet postings to the Canadian Cancer Research Group and Mr. William P. O’Neill, even as recently as his foregoing response. None have orignated from the Canadian Cancer Research Group or Mr. O’Neill. This is the basis of the civil action. In libel law in both Canada and Australia, it is Mr. Bowditch’s responsibility to prove that the materials originated from Mr. O’Neill and that the materials are true and correct. As it concerns the criminal elements, Mr. Bowditch, or someone using his computer, has entered into to the private computing infrastructure of the Canadian Cancer Research Group and used resources within the infrastructure to email, post on usenet, attempt entry into unauthorized sites and/or servers and fruadulently represent the Canadian Cancer Research Group. Given the multi-jurisdictional issues, Interpol has become involved. It is apparent that this is a public personal vendetta of Mr. Bowditch. We have never met Mr. Bowditch, are uncertain of his motives, and have communicated twice by facsimile to demand his cooperation in ceasing his campaign. Otherwise, there has been no communication with Mr. Bowditch, nor will there be any communication other than through our counsel and/or authorities.
Response:
Mr. Peter Bowditch of the Millenium Project, http://www.ratbags.com, and Gebesse Computer Consulting, http://www.gebesse.com.au, and as a member of the Australian Computer Society has, for the better part of a year, been posting fraudulent, libelous, and defamatory information concerning the Canadian Cancer Research Group, Mr. William P. O’Neill, and the O’Neill family. Mr. Bowditch has been advised that his continued publication of information and absence of retraction and apology will percipitate legal action. Legal action commenced on June 26, 2001, where Statements of Claim have been filed in relevant jursidictions naming Mr. Bowditch as defendant and claiming that Mr. Bowditch has knowingly published and re-published information that is libelous and defamatory. Server logs demonstrating that Mr. Bowditch, or someone accessing his server/computer, has repeatedly spoofed IP addresses and hijacked email accounts, belonging to the Canadian Cancer Research Group, have been turned over to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, where, in turn, logs have been given to Interpol, where a criminal investigation have been initiated. All information published by Mr. Bowditch concerning the Canadian Cancer Research Group, Mr. William P. O’Neill, and the O’Neill family has no basis in fact, is absolutely false, intentionally misleading, libelous, defamatory and as such, is subject to civil litigation in both Canada and Australia and litigation has been intitiated. Matters concerning computer fraud, as allegedly committed by Mr. Bowditch, are now the subject of criminal investigations. The Canadian Cancer Research Group has repeatedly attempted to gain cooperation from Mr. Bowditch and the Australian Computer Society. Both have intentionally ignored and intensified their respective campaigns of abuse and fraud. As it concerns the Australian Computer Society, the Canadian Cancer Research Group has made respresentation to the Canadian Computer Society in seeking sanctions against the Australian Computer Society in its’ support and encouragement of member and society activity that is in conflict with society ethics. In the event you are exposed to materials concerning the foregoing matters, please email the Canadian Cancer Research Group at