11 Gays Bars In Seattle Receive Threatening Letters
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In Seattle, 11 gay bars have been the target of bio threats.
The Elite, Neighbours, The Wildrose Bar, The Cuff, Purr, The Seattle Eagle, R Place, Re-bar, C.C.Attle's, Madison Pub, and The Crescent have received anonymous letters stating "I have in my possession approximately 67 grams of ricin with which I will indiscriminately target at least five of your clients. … I expect them to die painfully while in hospital."
Rincin occurs naturally in castor beans, but when purified and ingested or inhaled, the substance can be fatal.
The Seattle Police Department is taking the threats seriously, employing the assistance of the FBI to get to the bottom of the threats.
The bars in question have warned customers to take extra precautions supervising their drinks.
A 12th letter was sent to alternative publication The Stranger warning them to be "prepared to announce the deaths of approximately 55 individuals."
The Stranger's editorial director, openly gay Dan Savage, of the blunt and sometimes controversial Savage Love sex advice column, says the threats don't worry him because "I get a death threat a day with Savage Love."
Savage surmised that the letters come from a bitter gay because they indicate no religious reasons for the the threats, and, that if anything, the letters will increase business at the bars because clients will show up to show their support.
Amen! No one gets between us gays and happy hour!!!
that sucks.
HEYYY EVERYONE!!!
i LOATHE seattle.
fucking hate that place. and the fucking king county justice system!!
MOTHER FUCKERS!!!
OR A GOOD BUTT FUCK EH PEREZ!!!!!!!!!
did i mention that i fucking hate seattle?
Re: mama of 2 – HEY MAMA!
GAY BARS ARE FUN…
WELL NOT THE MAN HOLE IN CHICAGO.
Re: LettyB – heyy baby!
Re: Milky Milky – calm down milky..you dont have to go to seattle.
incidentally, castor oil is what gwyneth drinks to help her poop
LONG DONG WHERE MY EXTRA LARGE TT????
seems like you fixed your site last night.
good boy mario.
let's have a good day.
Re: mama of 2 – Re: Milky Milky – Re: LettyB – Good morning, ladies!
They didn't target "The Ramrod" so your safe Mario.
FUCK ANY STATE THAT BORDERS CANADA!!!
That Martini looks so good….
Re: mama of 2 – FUCK THERE A LOT OF CAT FIGHTS ON HERE AT NIGHT!
Re: LettyB – I want to see more news updates! LOL!
That's probably cuz they seen your fat ass trying to get in.
Why didn't they round it off to 12 and then call it the "12 gays of Christmas". ha ha ha merry Christmas
Re: mama of 2 – Hey mamaRe: BBBoricua loves Angels & Demons – morning…
SO MUCH FOR PEACE IN THE NEW YEAR!
Re: LettyB – thats b/c those evening assholes got nothing better to do with their miserable lives….
gay
OMG, I CAN'T BELIEVE WITH THE FINANCIAL CRISIS MRS. BUSH BOUGHT CHINA FOR A ALMOST HALF A MILLION…….
Re: LaDiva welcomes 2009…. – heyy hun
harsh, thats mean. lol, "No on gets between us gays and happy hour." (:
what an idiot. his announcements made it clear he is NOT american. should have checked his grammar before he issued that. so now the cops have to look for probably an english gay guy. i'm guessing there are no smart criminals cause smart people don't want to go to jail?
Re: BBBoricua loves Angels & Demons – MORNING I WILL SEE WHAT I CAN COME UP WITH!!! LOL!
Re: THE BIGGEST BOSS OF THEM ALL –
Sweetie, Mrs. Bush took all of America money.shitfuk, and their homes. To be an Elitist, better than all the rezt, cronies if you fukin will. Ain't shit as good as it seems, those are Dr. Satan's words straight from his horses mouth. Their world will crash and probably something to do with their kids, coz when God's carma usually stikes, it strikes like the Feds strike, it gets your kids.
whooooooooooooooooooooooooooohoooooooooooooooo,
carma, I'll take some chocolate carma..heheheeeeeeeee
with 1,000 gays on top for laughter..heheRe: mama of 2 – Re: Milky Milky – Re: LettyB – Re: BBBoricua loves Angels & Demons – Re: harrybalsac – Re: LaDiva welcomes 2009…. – Re: THE BIGGEST BOSS OF THEM ALL –
Let's all go to Seattle and kick some asses for our gays. I love fukin love them.heeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Re: mama of 2 – i *heart* gay bars. i've picked up a confused go-go dancer or two in my time!
Re: SheriMoonZombie – WHAT'S UP GIRL??? NICE TO HEAR FROM YOU!
amen sister! we love us some happy hours….true story…
thats so fucked up. i hope they catch whoever is writing those threatening letters. p.s. I F-ing love seattle.
Wow! I lived in Seattle over 10 years ago and all the bars they mention, except Purr (let me guess, a Lesbian bar?), were there when I was. Yes, Seattle has a large and loyal gay community but so little growth in the gay nightlife scene is rather disappointing. I hope they find the whack-job who wrote the note and make him breathe the Neighbors stench (oh the heady mix of stale beer, rancid french fry grease and cigarette smoke) till he begs for Rincin.
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!!Shouts!! to the boys at The Eagle, The Cuff and ReBar from RC. Be safe.
Why people need to be a coward and killers ? What a waste of time and mind!
I LOVE Dan Savage. He tells is exactly as it is, and makes me laugh while he's at it.
Friggin' typos. Gah.
Jesus, I didn't even know there were that many gay bars in Seattle… but then again the only places I ever went were Red Hook and Kells.
Re: b a t k i s s – actually purr is mostly men… and the clubs have had several renovations since then.
This is really ridiculous! I live in Seattle and at straight bars I have to worry about disgusting men sticking their hands all over me so I go to the gay bars w/my gay friends to avoid that and now I have to worry about DYING THERE?!
Oh no! My poor City. Thank God we have Dan. What would we do without him!?!?! Or the Stranger for that matter!
fucking cock smoker
I WANT ALL MY LITTLE LAMBS TO LISTEN AND LISTEN GOOD! NEVER LEAVE YOUR DRINK UNATTENDED! WATCH YOUR BARTENDER MIX IT….YOUR JJ EVEN TAKES HIS DRINK TO THE BATHROOM WITH HIM!! I HAVE NO SHAME PLACING MY DRINK ON TOP OF THE URINAL…AND I DON'T CARE WHEN PEOPLE SAY, "WHAT? DON'T YOU TRUST US." THE ANSWER IS NO. FIRST OFF, WHY ARE NOTICING WHERE MY DRINK IS AND THAT IT GOES WITH ME EVERYWHERE? I'VE KNOWN TOO MANY PEOPLE WHO LEFT THEIR DRINK UNATTENDED AND ENDED UP BLACKING OUT AND SPINNING OUT ON THE HIGHWAY.
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SO YES….I WILL ALWAYS KEEP MY DRINK WITH ME…….YOUR JJ DOESN'T NEED TO WAKE UP IN THE ER TO BE TOLD BY THE DOCS THAT HIS BREAK DANCING DAYS ARE OVER. YEAH YEAH I KNOW….BREAKIN'…SO EIGHTIES….BUT HEY….I'VE STILL GOT IT. I'M NOT ABOUT TO THROW IN THE TOWEL TO THE TWINKS YET.
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Are you fucking serious? Perez, this is OLLLLLLD news. This story broke on Monday, when the threats were actually made. Congratulations on being 4 days late.
Wtf?! I live in Seattle and didn't hear about this. It's so wierd because there is so many different beliefs and views here and everybody is more open then other places. I wen't to Idaho with my family for vaction once when I was little and got kicked out for the color of my skin. I would never think that anyone would be like that here.
Re: Missy Marie – well it's not like he lives in seattle or was on scene when the story broke, he's in LA, and I think it's awesome that he's reporting on it at all.
How SHITTY–
As a resident of Seattle and a frequenter of these establishments, I KNOW this is more than meets the eye!!!!! Trust me, they are pushing the gay community out of Capitol Hill (where these bars are located and the gay neighborhood of Seattle). Wouldn't be suprised if the police aren't behind this themselves!!!!!
Re: vipervixen – really?? the seattle police would actually result to this? threatening to kill gays to get the gay community out of capitol hill? THINK about what you're saying.
Some of you are just rude.
Re: SarahJane02 – Thanks for the update on the Seattle scene. Should I expect to see photos of The Crescent in Architectural Digest anytime soon?
Re: babysin – Assholes exist every where hon', sorry to say.
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And to all of those who fuss about Perez covering gay issues on his blog (not that they have on this post, but boy have they on others), get over it or move on. Thanks Perez for and keeping us informed and for looking after folks like Babysin.
My band practices beneath Purr. I'm as hetro as it comes, but I'm making a point to get some drinks there after practice to show my support against this idiocy.
I wonder if this is just the gays jumping on the black bandwagon making up stories looking for sympathy?
Re: Mentalist – '"The gays?" Are you serious?!? As Savage suggests it might be a self-loathing gay person making the threat but to suppose Seattle's gay community at-large, which is what your dismissive and awkward language suggests, is absurd.
I think Ricin is a pretty cool guy. He causes severe diarrhea and doesn't afraid of anything.
Re: jonguitar – ok! So you are the reason why when I am at Purr that I seem to hear music coming from the floor! I have always been wondering where that music comes from!!
Anyone from Seattle know anything about the gay bar pub crawl that might be going on this weekend to show support for these establishments?! I would love to know what the plan is!!
Re: THE BIGGEST BOSS OF THEM ALL –
Those fukin tits of yours are looking nice..hehehehehehhehe
I agree. It's probably some bitter gay who got rejected by the hip gay patrons that frequent these popular bars. I live in Seattle and have gay friends that would NOT be discouraged because of an empty threat from some tool! Go on with your gay selves!!