The Unabomber thread - General

[img]http://abcnews.go.com/images/TheLaw/ap_unabomber_080619_main.jpg[/img] Dr. Theodore John "Ted" Kaczynski (pronounced /kəˈzɪnski/; born May 22, 1942), also known as the Unabomber (University and Airline Bomber), is an American mathematician and social critic, who carried out a campaign of mail bombing spree that spanned nearly 20 years, killing three people and injuring 23 others. He was born in Chicago, Illinois, where, as an intellectual child prodigy, he excelled academically from an early age. Kaczynski was accepted into Harvard University at the age of 16, where he earned an undergraduate degree, and later earned a PhD in mathematics from the University of Michigan. He became an assistant professor at the University of California, Berkeley at age 25 but resigned two years later. In 1971, he moved to a remote cabin without electricity or running water, in Lincoln, Montana, where he began to learn survival skills in an attempt to become self-sufficient and where he lived like a recluse. [1] He decided to start a bombing campaign after watching the wilderness around his home being destroyed by development.[1] From 1978 to 1995, Kaczynski sent 16 bombs to targets including universities and airlines, killing three people and injuring 23. Kaczynski sent a letter to The New York Times on April 24, 1995 and promised "to desist from terrorism" if the Times or The Washington Post published his manifesto. In his Industrial Society and Its Future (also called the "Unabomber Manifesto"), he argued that his bombings were extreme but necessary to attract attention to the erosion of human freedom necessitated by modern technologies requiring large-scale organization. The Unabomber was the target of one of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) most costly investigations. Before Kaczynski's identity was known, the FBI used the handle "UNABOM" ("UNiversity and Airline BOMber") to refer to his case, which resulted in the media calling him the Unabomber. Despite the FBI's efforts, he was not caught as a result of this investigation. Instead, his brother recognized Ted's style of writing and beliefs from the manifesto, and tipped off the FBI. To avoid the death penalty, Kaczynski's lawyers were court appointed, but he eventually got rid of them because they wanted to plead insanity and he did not believe he was insane. Once it was sure that he would be defending himself on national television the court entered a plea agreement, under which he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole. Theodore Kaczynski has been designated a "domestic terrorist" by the FBI.[2] Several anarchist authors, such as John Zerzan and John Moore, have come to his defense, while holding some reservations over his actions and ideas.[3][4][5] source: [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Kaczynski[/url] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKg3CN0dDnQ&feature=channel[/media] The above video shows the cabin that was Ted's home for over a decade. This video shows his living conditions and how he manufactured his bombs he sent through U.S mailing. ---- The UnaBomber Manifesto was written by Ted Kaczynski in his cabin exposing his ideals of modern society and its direction he saw it going in our growing technologically driven world. Ted requested the FBI to publish his writings and he promised them the killings would stop. Below is a small sample of the paper.. if you would like to read more here is the link of the full unabomber manifesto piece. [url]http://cyber.eserver.org/unabom.txt[/url] INTRODUCTION 1. The Industrial Revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race. They have greatly increased the life-expectancy of those of us who live in "advanced" countries, but they have destabilized society, have made life unfulfilling, have subjected human beings to indignities, have led to widespread psychological suffering (in the Third World to physical suffering as well) and have inflicted severe damage on the natural world. The continued development of technology will worsen the situation. It will certainly subject human beings to greater indignities and inflict greater damage on the natural world, it will probably lead to greater social disruption and psychological suffering, and it may lead to increased physical suffering even in "advanced" countries. 2. The industrial-technological system may survive or it may break down. If it survives, it MAY eventually achieve a low level of physical and psychological suffering, but only after passing through a long and very painful period of adjustment and only at the cost of permanently reducing human beings and many other living organisms to engineered products and mere cogs in the social machine. Furthermore, if the system survives, the consequences will be inevitable: There is no way of reforming or modifying the system so as to prevent it from depriving people of dignity and autonomy. 3. If the system breaks down the consequences will still be very painful. But the bigger the system grows the more disastrous the results of its breakdown will be, so if it is to break down it had best break down sooner rather than later. -------- Some pictures of Ted's craftsmanship and just how brilliant and motivated he was to practice his anti-technology campaign. A Harvard graduate and professor. A home-made hand gun and one of the many bombs sent to his victims. [img]http://www.kk.org/streetuse/unabomber.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.boingboing.net/200703121540.jpg[/img] The Unabomber is arguably one of the most intelligent and accomplished serial killers of all time. His determination to get out his ideals of modern society, its upbringing and future and his willingness to stay unseen from the FBI for over a decade is truly remarkable.

Care to explain what those two pictures are of?

[QUOTE=HellSoldier;22261878]Care to explain what those two pictures are of?[/QUOTE] If you can't tell by just looking at them its a home-made gun and a make-shift bomb..

A home-made hand gun and one of the many bombs sent to his victims. read the text.

[QUOTE=Sir M;22261945]A home-made hand gun and one of the many bombs sent to his victims. read the text.[/QUOTE] He added it.

The home-made handgun looks awesome.

So he put bombs in mailboxes... What would he have done next? Put ketchup packets under the toilet seat? Loosen the caps of the salt shakers? Even though they aren't on the same scale..

He is not cool enough for a thread

I'm not agreeing with his actions, but damn, 3 kills in 20 years? Hell I could kill more people by running outside with a knife. Good thing he sucked so much at this.

[QUOTE=Jaffar;22262438]So he put bombs in mailboxes... What would he have done next? Put ketchup packets under the toilet seat? Loosen the caps of the salt shakers? Even though they aren't on the same scale..[/QUOTE] Jizzed inside books in the public library so that when somebody opens a book they see it? and the only way to find all the books would be to take down every book in the library, or to have random people just bring them up? The bastard!

He was trying to cause terror not kill as many people as possible.

[QUOTE=Dylan Clayton;22262556]He was trying to cause terror not kill as many people as possible.[/QUOTE] I think that killing as many people as possible is pretty terrifying...

3 people killed doesn't sound like an accomplished serial killer. I mean it's bad, but i'm sure there has been far worst.

I remember seeing an documentary about him. Was some kind of show where they made documenters of criminals. Really interesting.

Even though this guy was crazy, he was absolutely brilliant. He could have done some real good, but his hatred for technology kept him from achieving postive potential.

[QUOTE=Dylan Clayton;22262556]He was trying to cause terror not kill as many people as possible.[/QUOTE] correct. and accomplished serial killer doesn't mean number of kills.. this guy had a motive and a purpose to his killings he seriously injured more than 20 people meanwhile the FBI had no leads for more than 20 years.. was also a labeled a genius when he was a young boy and was a harvard student by the age of 16.

Wow, that's definitely my new favorite serial killer.

Anyone who can make their own handgun deserves props either way.

My teacher called me this :frown:

[QUOTE=Protocol7;22263070]Anyone who can make their own handgun deserves props either way.[/QUOTE] It's not rocketscience. And it doesn't seem like that one has a mag. So it's probably reloaded every shot.

[QUOTE=sami-pso;22263199]It's not rocketscience. And it doesn't seem like that one has a mag. So it's probably reloaded every shot.[/QUOTE] the chamber is loaded from up top and who would need a high powered hand gun that lives in the middle of the woods in the mountains.. that builds bombs and writes papers on his anti-technology thesis.. lol i can't build a hand-gun from scratch.. the guy is undeniably intelligent and some-what inspiring. I don't feel killing people is the only way to get your ideals out but he obviously had mental disorders that took over his good qualities.

Eh, I think The Zodiac killer was more interesting.

this guy was an absolute genius IQ of 170, accepted into Harvard at 16, etc. it's too bad that he never seeked mental help. to this day he has denied having any mental illness. [editline]04:05PM[/editline] [QUOTE=sami-pso;22263199]It's not rocketscience. And it doesn't seem like that one has a mag. So it's probably reloaded every shot.[/QUOTE] no one said it was, but how many people can make a handgun from scratch?

It sounds like he had a point with the technology, and society. Not saying that his actions were right, but nonetheless interesting.

[QUOTE=Miktor.;22263659]It sounds like he had a point with the technology, and society. Not saying that his actions were right, but nonetheless interesting.[/QUOTE] I've read a lot of the unabomber manifesto.. and a lot of what he says about society and the psychological destruction technology has i completely agree with

He was found in my state. :smug:

Made this awhile ago. [IMG]http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/5096/unabomberqk0.jpg[/IMG]

[QUOTE=sami-pso;22263199]It's not rocketscience. And it doesn't seem like that one has a mag. So it's probably reloaded every shot.[/QUOTE] It may not be rocket science, but you need some serious time, dedication and skill to be able to make one that would function past several shots. His, while crude looking, seems solid enough.

I saw the actual gun and the shed thing he lived in at a museum in DC, was cool.

[QUOTE=Protocol7;22266742]It may not be rocket science, but you need some serious time, dedication and skill to be able to make one that would function past several shots. His, while crude looking, seems solid enough.[/QUOTE] It's a .22 pistol from the looks of it. Those aren't very hard to make, especially utilizing the bolt action mechanism. [editline]04:00PM[/editline] Technically my replica SMG that I made is a few steps from a real smg.