John McAfee's Belize Home Burns To Ground 131
Velcroman1 writes "The former island home of anti-virus software pioneer John McAfee burned down Thursday afternoon under circumstance he told FoxNews.com were 'suspicious.' It's an odd choice of words from a man whom the Belize police found suspicious, following the November 2012 murder of American expatriate Gregory Faull, a well-liked builder from Florida who was shot at his home in San Pedro Town on the island of Ambergris Caye. 'I believe that there are a select few with great power in Belize that will go to great lengths to harm me,' McAfee said. 'This fire was not just a strange coincidence.'" Watch for more from McAfee soon.
Watch for more from McAfee soon. (Score:2, Insightful)
How about no?
Re:what mcafee is good for: (Score:2, Insightful)
McAfee might be paranoid for no reason.
However, governments are well known for their targeting certain groups and individuals for persecution or extortion so a bit of paranoia can be a good thing.
Re:Yeah, its not a coincidence (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:Yeah, its not a coincidence (Score:0, Insightful)
Well, yes - he does come across as a complete asshole. What does he actually do, again? He was involved in one of the worst virus checkers ever, then pretended he was on the run from the police. For most people, that's it. Maybe he needs to get his own TV show or something.
Who the fuck cares? (Score:4, Insightful)
Seriously, does anybody give a shit about McAfee's little world?
Re:what mcafee is good for: (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:what mcafee is good for: (Score:5, Insightful)
If you've never been pulled over by police in a hispanic country for being white, and threatened with jail time for no crime if you didn't bribe them away, you can't talk about conspiracies or paranoia.
I'm afraid this kind of talk isn't permitted on Slashdot.
It doesn't matter how much of a corrupt, despotic, oppressive hell-hole free of the rule of law you're talking about, according the rules of Slashdot the USA is ALWAYS worse than any other region or nation on the planet. ALWAYS. Once you understand that, browsing Slashdot will be much easier.
And no, I'm not American and I don't live in the USA.
Re:what mcafee is good for: (Score:4, Insightful)
This is untrue. Belize is a former British colony and as such is in some ways a lot more like the ex-British Carribbean islands than it is like Latin America. However,m the population of those islands and Belize is mostly black. You can easily go to Wikipedia and find a picture of the prime minister of Belize. He's black. A white person would certainly be very visible to any local thugs and would not be considered a member of the ruling class.