As hysteria over imagined sexual predation and the criminalization of even thoughts and written words make headlines in the news, there's one individual who's reaping a bountiful harvest from the dancing Sheeple. He is, of course, everyones favorite Network Vigilante, convicted criminal and religious nut Walter Harlan "Mike" Echols, who runs BAM, the largest and most successful child advocacy scam on the Internet. Echols' latest wet dream is a plan to harrass tier one backbone providers into not carrying content he deems objectionable, and the rotund one, who is fond of labeling his dissenters as "Internet Child Sex Predators and Child Pronographers," has set his sights on MCI/Worldcom/uunet as his latest target. It will be interesting to see whether the resulting "Boycott and Hound" campaign will bear fruit, and whether a multinational corporation is as vulnerable to the same threats and harrassment tactics that have worked so well with smaller providers over the years, and have resulted in Echols presently being on probation for terrorism. According to Echols, ... <<M.C.I./WorldCom Canada shows a total lack corporate morality and disregard for the safety of children by knowingly providing Tier 1 Internet access to the IP hosting the child sex predator web domains freespirits.org, boylinks.net, boychat.org, & legarcon.net which are web chat boards used by child sex predators (many of whom have been convicted of felony sexual assaults on children) to discuss their past crimes, lusts, and plans for future sexual assaults of children which provides support and vallidation for child sex predators and on boylinks.net click on links to child-related web domains including some containing child pornography.>> BoyChat is one of the most heavily moderated and G-Rated forums of its type on the Internet, and also one of the most widely read. It is absurd to suggest that all its viewers are pedophiles, or even more silly, convicted child sex predators publicly plotting and scheming to commit shocking new crimes. Still, Echols' organization continues to grow, raking in sponsorship from companies like Gateway, MP3.com, and Kinkos. Self-declared child-advocacy seems to have a baptismal effect these days. Lengthy criminal records are instantly washed away with a simple declaration that one is devoting ones life to hate speech directed at "pervs." Some links, if anyone cares: BoyChat http://www.boychat.org/ BAM http://www.shadow-net.com/ My Echols Links http://artifact.psychedelic.net/~emc/echols.html -- Eric Michael Cordian 0+ O:.T:.O:. Mathematical Munitions Division "Do What Thou Wilt Shall Be The Whole Of The Law"
