4 Corners tonight - Aussie Stock Forums featured

[Colonel Flagg]

On tonight's 4Corners it showed the ChCh gunman as a member of Aussie Stock forums.

ferretbiter was his membership name

 

[bellenuit]

He hasn't posted since 2011. All his posts are stock/finance related except for this one in which he introduced himself to ASF:

Hello guys and gals,
My name is ferretbiter, 20 years old, personal trainer/group exercise instructor/fitness instructor from grafton NSW ( don't worry if you have never heard of it, no-one has).

Recently came into contact with a bit of capital due to the passing away of my father.
Really don't want to lose the money as he paid for it with 30+ years of his life.

Have dabbled in mutual funds for 1 year now, been trading stocks for around about 5months, first 4 stocks returned 15-25% profit.Last 3 stocks lets just not talk about.
There's only one thing I know about stock trading and investing, and that is: I know absolutely nothing.

But I'm willing to learn and have a long time to do it.
Though sooner is better then later :.

P.S. Anyone looking for some nutrition/fitness advice, fire away

 

[Colonel Flagg]

The quote ABC picked out

I agree with:there is more to life then money.But while ever I work I do not have time to do what I truly enjoy doing, playing video games, snorting coke and hiring strippers

 

[Smurf1976]

On tonight's 4Corners it showed the ChCh gunman as a member of Aussie Stock forums

Was it just matter of fact reporting? As in they said he was a member of ASF, went to xyz gym, liked eating apple pie and wore Nike shoes?

Or was being a member of this forum portrayed negatively in any way?

Last thing we need is anyone trying to draw a link between share investing and mass shootings etc?

 

[greggles]

The ABC has put it on YouTube already.



Start watching from 17:10.

 

[PZ.]

They obviously lifted data from his computer.

 

[So_Cynical]

He hasn't posted since 2011. All his posts are stock/finance related except for this one in which he introduced himself to ASF:

Hello guys and gals,
My name is ferretbiter, 20 years old, personal trainer/group exercise instructor/fitness instructor from grafton NSW ( don't worry if you have never heard of it, no-one has).

Wow i actually remember that.

 

[SirRumpole]

There is no such thing as bad publicity ?

 

[moXJO]

Didn't he hit it big with an investment?
Bit(something)?

 

[moXJO]

Joe did you scrub his posts, or the feds tell you to scrub them?

 

[Joe Blow]

Joe did you scrub his posts, or the feds tell you to scrub them?

I haven't been contacted by anyone in relation to ferretbiter's posts. Not even the media. The posts are all still there completely intact. None have been removed.

I wasn't aware of who ferretbiter was until this evening when I saw this thread.

 

[moXJO]

Just a youngster looking for advice from those a bit older,wiser and most importantly wealthier than me. Looking to decide on a future, having trouble getting advice from others around my, mainly because of repeated catch-phrases such as "whatever makes you happy" and "there's no wrong decisions when it comes to your future".Hodgepodge!! So the options are as follows. 1.Stay a personal trainer and look to expand my local business, whilst trying to scope bargains in real estate/stocks. +'s Takes little effort and its what im doing right now. +'s very cheap to live in my current area. -'s small town population and low socio-economic status means very little base for a large business in PTing. 2.Stay a personal trainer and move to a larger city where there is a far larger user base, and generally get paid double my current hourly rate.(One personal trainer gets 400 per hour(not bad work if you can get it) +'s I have experience personal training and am far better qualified and educated then most Pt's out there, especially those who have done an online course.Thus should be able to find some work fairly quickly. +'s Bigger city=more opportunities when it comes to real estate. -'s hate large cities, freakin grid-lock traffic urggh. -'s current pt market in the bigger cities is over saturated. -'s Cost of living in most large cities is extremely high. 3.Join the airfield defense guard.Part of the Australian air force. + good pay at the start and increases quickly. + do not have to rely on others for cash income, job security likely very high. + get paid to be fit, which I enjoy. +Good benefits and tax benefits. +get to see the world....or at least some middle eastern desert filled with people trying to kill me.Maybe this isn't a plus.... + possible increase in rank to officer status, good pay even better benefits. +safer then most ground troops, may just sit back in Australia wandering around an airfield watching the f-14's fly in and out. -Fly all over the world, never have time to check on real estate/stocks. -Could be killed, many times over. -Hated by most people my age.Don't think I mind really. 4.Join army as a PT.Most of the benefits above. +Less pay, more safety. +I have experience in this field. +Have a few mates on the armed forces. - Unlikely to see the world. 5.Study at TAFE/UNI and become Become a real estate agent. +Get great knowledge on real estate pricing and valuing. +get access to great deals before the public. +am interested in real estate. +Very high job security (people will always need somewhere to live right?) +Reasonably high pay rates depending on performance. -Could end up being terrible at selling houses. -Takes time at UNI/TAFE until I receive any financial return. -Housing market could slump, thus lack of income. -Bit of a 9-5 job.You get what I mean. 6.Study at TAFE/UNI to become a financial advisor. +get great know of the stock market and other investments. +Can use that knowledge for profit. +Relatively good pay. -Performance based, I might suck. -Commision based, paid to take risks with people mullah. -Have to study at TAFE/UNI, a while before I see any returns in profit. -With the stock market and investing, who knows what could happen, QE3 anyone? Lastly 7.Start a web-based company designed to bring all the "ladies of the night" around Australia onto one website. A site where users can search for women in their area, providing "services".Searches can be done by height,body type, hair colour, eye colour, ethnicity, location and services rendered.: Clients pay on site by credit/debit card/bank deposit/pay pal before making a booking. I take a 15-20% cut on profits. +I don't think this has been done before, its just crazy enough to work . +A large userbase of working girls out there, all working by themselves relying on ads in newspaper classifieds to get them by. +Relatively cheap idea that could have massive returns. +People are more likely to book online then risk the shame of being seen walking into a brothel. -Absolutely out-there, I've got no experience and no idea how to get this going. -May have already been done. -No-one is going to believe me until I get the website set up. -May be laws and regulations against this activity. Believe it or not I'm entirely serious on that last one. So thought/advice anyone?

I remember this post.
A waste of a young man, a waste of 50 lives. Destroyed families and god knows how much pain for the community. All for what?
Just outright stupidity.
Fcuken frustrating.

 

[PZ.]

I haven't been contacted by anyone in relation to ferretbiter's posts. Not even the media. The posts are all still there completely intact. None have been removed.

I wasn't aware of who ferretbiter was until this evening when I saw this thread.

It's a bit unfair they didn't even contact you prior to airing the story then.

And how on earth could anyone connect his posts from 8 years ago with white supremacy ?

 

[Macquack]

I remember this post.
A waste of a young man, a waste of 50 lives. Destroyed families and god knows how much pain for the community. All for what?
Just outright stupidity.
Fcuken frustrating.

"That person" appeared quite intelligent. He had mapped out seven possible career options. However, he chose career number 8, kill 50 innocent people and if I am lucky enough not to get shot, then rot in jail for the rest of my natural life. Did he brainwash himself?

 

[qldfrog]

countless people do commit suicide or even murder suicide killing their own family and babies as they believe it is the last option by any twisted reasoning.
He might have seen that as the last option.
I do not think he is an idiot, maybe by hiding issues be it islam, biased feminism unbalance and man hating, under a relentless barrage of media propaganda, and with no legitimate way to express, we are pushing young males into radicalism and such horror.
Take any paper explaining the rise of islamist radicals among disaffected migrant youths in Europe, replace these by disaffected young white males in the west and you will find eerie parallels.
We need to regroup as nations (a word which the left hates so much), stop tribalism and we could see some solution to radicalisation be it jihadists (I doubt but at least less of them) and white supremacists, and the west could even move forward.A ray of hope ....

 

[grah33]

can't believe it

 

[Miss Hale]

How the heck does 4 Corners get this information? I understand that the police would know but how does the media get access to it?

 

[Wysiwyg]

How the heck does 4 Corners get this information? I understand that the police would know but how does the media get access to it?

Good question. It is reasonable to think any inflammatory commentators are being investigated unbeknownst.

 

[SirRumpole]

That is a very good question. Unless another member reported to the police that ferretbiter identified himself I can't see any other way they would get it apart from a police leak, which would be illegal I think.

 

[Macquack]

How the heck does 4 Corners get this information? I understand that the police would know but how does the media get access to it?

Miss Hale, you are being watched!