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[edit] Serial killer?

I decided to put John Ausonius in the Serial Killer category. I'm not sure if this is right, since he "only" killed one person. However, he did shot, eleven people in attemptes to kill them, and during the hunt for him, the Stockholm police DID describe the musterious Laser man as a serial killer. I there for believe that adding Ausonius to the serial killer category is just. Bronks 24 November, 2005.

I agree. He is i serial killer, although a failed one. It was only pure luck and good medical care that made him "only" a single time killer. I heard an interview with a doctor at the emergency room at Karolinska Sjukhuset, he said that if i would have happened ten years earlier 4-5 of the victims would have died, and if ten years later, all had survived.

He had all the typical sides of a serial killer, and a desire to kill several people, and he really tried to. Just that he was a bad marksman don't put him out from that category.17:26, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

Don't be silly. You can't claim that despite killing only one person he's a serial killer just not a very good one. He's not a serial killer. Even if some of his victims would have died without today's medicine, they didn't die. He's not a serial killer if he only killed one person. 86.134.13.244 23:00, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
I would put it this way; psychologically he's a serial killer. He fits the model. The idea putting a limit to how many people you have to kill to become a serial killer is somewhat strange. Now why would I claim this? Fact is you can kill a large number of people over a long period of time without being a serial killer. It works the other way to. Otherwise you would have to claim that every hitman is a serial killer... 320rwekfpl 16:51, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Strange information

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)

  • I agree with that removal. I didn't really get that part either. If it is to be mentioned, it should be written in a seperate article for Gellert Tamas.

Bronks 27 November 2005.

  • Hassans Vänner is an anti-racism group of some sort, although I do not know much about it.
    • Alright, but if I didn't get it, as a person living in Sweden, the information really needs to be more explicit if it's included again. 81.232.72.53 21:49, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
    • I don't think that information is of any intresst. If it should be mentioned, it should be in the Gellert Tamas article. Bronks 10/1 2006

[edit] The Case of Nationality, and the edits by 193.62.205.209

Why did editor 193.62.205.209 delete/censor the fact that John Ausonius was the child of German immigrants, while at the same time exaggerating Gellert Tamas’ Hungarian background by calling him a “Hungarian journalist”.

Ausonius parents were originally German, speaking German at home and Ausonius even went to German School in Sweden, and it will be acknowledged in the article. At the same time it is wrong to call Tamas a “Hungarian journalist”. He is a Swedish journalist, active in Sweden, not Hungary. The book is written in Swedish and has not been translated to Hungarian…! Bronks 12/1 2006

His mother came from Germany, but his father was actually from Switzerland. They met on a boat when they both went to Sweden, and ended up living together. This according to the book by Gellert Tamas. //Kada 10/1 2007

[edit] Unsurprising but unreferenced statement

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)


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)
  • Read this (in Swedish). it says that Ausonius is suing Dagens Nyheter after the paper claimed he was a “psychopath”, although he has never been diagnosed as a psychopath. Bronks 22/2 2006.