Talk:John Ausonius

message: I deleted the sentence "Gellert Tamas only published  book is now making the writer a millionaire making him a honoraire member of the "Hassans vänners" group." since I didn't understand what it is supposed to mean. It sounds like it MIGHT be some kind of racist remark, but I don't understand what kind of group "Hassans vänner" (the s in "vänners" is a genitive) is supposed to be. If this would be serious information, someone could add it again, with a clarifying note about who "Hassans vänner" are. (Footnote, Swedish for "Hassan's friends") 81.232.72.148 01:29, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Strange information

message: Does anyone have verification for the statement:
"John Ausonius has been diagnosed with a sociopathic disorder and has a complete lack of empathy for other people."?
--Spondoolicks 11:25, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, the diagnose is in his medical report. I have read parts of it myself. But the "complete lack of empathy for other people" is refering to some of his victims, not neccerary to people around him. It actually seems like he had mixed feelings about the attacks sometimes, like "It's a dirty job but someone has to do it"! --Towpilot 23:21, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Unsurprising but unreferenced statement

message: What is this all about? There is a lady who fell in love with him without even meeting him? She saw him on some TV show? I don't understand this portion at all... It also says he's serving a life sentence, and this segment says they plan to move abroad when he gets out... HE ISN'T GETTING OUT!!! Can someone please fix this??? Thanks 216.164.2.212 (talk) 22:52, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Ok... His "engagement" ???

message: During the Olof Palme assassination, he was in prison for what the Swedish call: "våldsbrott", which is directly translated to "violent crimes". It's a term that includes assault, threats, second-degree murder, kidnapping and so on. Anyone who knows a better word for it? Jacce (talk) 13:24, 21 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Olof Palme assassination 

message: There is some new shooting spree going on in southerns Sweden. The media have linked it to "Lasermannen". I could not find an article on the 2010 incidents. -- Petri Krohn (talk) 09:48, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't quite understand what you are trying to say. —KRM (Communicate!) 12:32, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text:  Malmo sniper. 82.152.216.15 (talk) 10:32, 25 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  2010? 

message: I removed the formulation "second generation immigrant residing in Sweden" from the first sentence, and added the word "Swedish". Although information in the removed formulation is true, it hardly deserves being in the first sentence for the following reasons:
*Ausonius is Swedish both in the sense that he is a Swedish citizen, and that Lasermannen is a Swedish phenomenon. Saying that he is residing in Sweden is misleading in this context. He was born in Sweden and his home has been in Sweden all his life.
*The fact that his parents were immigrants (indeed an important fact for understanding his personality) is clearly stated at the start of the History section, where it belongs. Also including it in the first sentence gives an impression that this is a defining attribute of the phenomenon, which again I find misleading. I would even assume (although I cannot cite any source for this except myself) that prior to the publication of Tamas' work, it was not common knowledge that the well known "Laser Man" had German parents.
Ctail (talk) 13:21, 9 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Swedish in first sentence