I just got my first death threat! (and Jesus is to blame)

Here’s some fun facts about sayencrowolf.net you don’t know:

1. Tomorrow this site will be four months old (since I moved to the .net site).
2. I have posted 991 articles which roughly translates into six articles a day – every day.
3. Guest writers have contributed a total of 21 separate pieces; not a startling number I know, but feel free to hit me up about writing for this little beauty.
4. On my site there are a total of 378 comments, which averages out to about 2.6 comments for every article posted.
5. Since the change in my decor around here, and thanks to a few other bells and whistles I added my site hits have exploded and I’m in the ballpark of about 20,000 a day.
6. I’m read in 72 countries, according to Google analytics.  Mind you, there’s only two people in Tasmania reading me currently but they show up daily.  I’ll take that and I’m pretty damn proud of it.  I also seem to be very big in Istanbul.

Keep in mind, I’m four months old.

So, with all this in mind it took this long to get my first death threat thanks to the content I’ve posted?  I must be losing my touch…

Thanks to the “Jesus Had HIV” piece I ran, I receive the following email response because the coward didn’t want to post it publicly.  I therefore will do it for him:

Faggot!

It’s abominations like you that are the reason this country is the way it is!  Blasphememing (sic) our Lord and Savior only proves that to me.  You should be killed right along with the rest of your kind.  Disease ridden faggots!

I hardly know where to begin, but I’m going to give it my best shot.  After all, if one of my fans took the time to write me I should respond, right?

1. Dude, invest in spell check, ok?  Seriously.  Death threats are far more convincing when you actually spell all the words correctly.
2. Clearly, you’ve never been on my site before.  I’m not some hobbyist who put this site up because I’m bored with my life.  This month I will celebrate 20 years as a professional journalist.  On here, I don’t have to worry about what stories will be read, not read, what’s going over the fold and which art is going to be the best as selling the copy.  I do this because I love the freedom of posting whatever the hell I want without anyone to answer to.
3. PLENTY of straight people have HIV, and I will continue to run any HIV related post I see fit.  Why don’t you take a minute and get over that, ok?
4. You’re not the first person to threaten me, and you won’t be the last.  If a Pakistani with a gun to my head isn’t going to make me pee my pants, your anonymous email isn’t even going to get me to raise an eyebrow.

Ok, I admit: #4 is a bit of bravado.  I was a bit nerved out during that one.  I’ve reconciled myself to the fact that I’m going to go sometime so while I had that gun pressed to my head I was just praying he wouldn’t jerk the barrel and wound me instead of killing me.  If I’m going to go, I prefer it to be quick.

So, to those of you inclined to threaten me in the future – don’t even bother.  It takes quite a bit to get me riled up these days

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