When Keith Henson was arrested in May 2001 by Canadian authorities, his friends had a discussion about his arrest and the truth came out about Henson having lied to Canadian Immigration when he entered Canada, after fleeing the U.S. Henson never applied for refugee status prior to entering Canadian soil, however he later mislead the press and others to believe that he did. Moreover when Henson was released from jail (on bail) his friends “forgot” about Henson’s lies and wrote a press release for him misleading the media to believe an entirely different story with the assistance of Kady O’Maley (supposedly a freelance reporter) and David Touretzky.
Kady O’Malley: “He [Keith Henson] may not face charges in Canada in addition to those in the US but I don’t think there’s any way he’s going to be permitted to stay.”
Deana Holmes: “He’s [Keith Henson] a fugitive.”
John Andersen: “Keith never mentioned that conviction in California, if he told the Customs guard that then it maybe another reason.”
Kady O’Malley: “He broke the law. He was arrested. He stayed in the country illegally did nobody but me notice that? He was not legally in Canada for the last week and a half.”
Deana Holmes: “He declared how long he was going to stay in Canada.”
Kady O’Malley: “When you get to the border you fill out a form. After the date of departure, you are in violation of the law. Keith was in violation of the law and kept blithering on about filing for refugee status. We don’t actually want fugitives here we’d rather they filed for refugee status and didn’t just sit around taunting [the church].”
Elizabeth Cox: “I wish Keith would consider the consequences of his actions prior to engaging in them.”
Kady O’Malley: “Actually, weirdly, borders are looser as long as you say you’re going to be there, beverly but if you decide to become a refugee and skip your court date in the US it’s wise to file the papers rather than sit around waiting to be arrested for breaking the law.”
Deana Holmes: “Right he is.”
Elizabeth Cox: “He fled to a foreign country.”
Kady O’Malley: “He [Keith Henson] lied to Canada customs. Canada customs doesn’t like being lied to.”
Rob Clark: “Did he? What did he actually say to them?”
Christopher Wood: “Keith hasn’t exactly been acting all refugee-like, and if he lied to immigration (even by omission) or didn’t do all the exact steps of the Refugee Dance, then he’s gonna find himself back in the US.”
Kady O’Malley: “In reality, immigration doesn’t usually care all that much provided you aren’t a refugee fleeing from a court date.”
Rob Clark: “Keith’s flight to Canada threw the court calendar into disarray. nothing i know of has happened.”
Beverly Rice: “Didn’t he understand about the overstay thing?”
Rob Clark: “Since the verdict, and the sentencing hearing that wasn’t.”
Kady O’Malley: “He was having too much fun taunting the church.”
Beverly Rice: “Did Keith know about the staying over what you said thing?”
Kady O’Malley: “Keith doesn’t tend to listen to advice he doesn’t like yes, I told him myself.”
Elizabeth Cox: “Once again, Keith refuses to accept advice and is his own worst enemy.”
Beverly Rice: “Did he just go and stay or did he apply for some kind of status.”
Kady O’Malley: “He hadn’t applied yet.”
Beverly Rice: “I was under the impression that he had applied.”
Jeff Jacobsen: “I hope people don’t call him a hero for this stuff.”
Rob Clark: “No, he definitely absolutely didn’t apply.”
Kady O’Malley: “Jeff, don’t even start me I really wish people would quit egging him on.”
Elizabeth Cox: “Jeff, Keith is no hero. In fact, he is the worst enemy we have right now.”
Deana Holmes: “Look, I’m going to be blunt here Keith is an egotist he’s got an ego the size of Manhattan Island. He did this for the wrong reasons. He did this for the *publicity not because he thought it was the best thing to do and frankly, his inability to come to his senses is driving me nuts folks, I have yelled, screamed, cussed out and argued with Keith. Ida [Camburn] tells me that he listens to me but I have scant proof of that. Keith is his own worst enemy.”
Elizabeth Cox: “Many of us are just tired of the deep bullshit and the ravings of a self proclaimed martyr who is hurting his family, and the other critics.”
Deana Holmes: “Some people here can testify to how much I took Keith to task.”
Beverly Rice: “I thought Keith was in Canada with approval of authorities.”
Kady O’Malley: “No, unless by authority, you mean Keith. The authorities had no idea he was here.”
Elizabeth Brayman: “Keith is a MORON.”
Deana Holmes: “Keith was a moron from day one. Everything he’s done since the day he posted [copyrighted materials] in that letter to Judge Whyte has been stupid.”
Beverly Rice: “I was under the impression that Keith was in Canada as a refugee and it was cool.”
Elizabeth Cox: “No, it is not cool to flee justice.”
Elizabeth Brayman: “I swear, though, nobody here will say that to him in channel. Maybe in private msg [message] but not in public.”
Kady O’Malley: “Keith’s fatal crime, as it were, throughout this matter has been his appalling judgement and failure to deal with the consequences of his actions. It’s useless it’s like talking to a wall.”
Elizabeth Cox: “He is too stupid to reform.
Deana Holmes: “I suspect that Keith will not be a guest of the Government du Canada very long.
Elizabeth Cox: “He is a married man, and that breeds responsibility.”
Elizabeth Brayman: “I don’t know anything about his family. I just know that he’s a moron and I want to kick the shit out of him.”
Kady O’Malley: “I mean, it’s okay to go on and on about what a hero he is, but god forbid anyone have a different opinion.”
Rob Clark: “Who’s going on and on about what a hero he is?”
Kady O’Malley: “Half of ars? or did you miss the 50 “keith is a hero” threads?”
Elizabeth Brayman: “KEITH IS A HERO! Just like that lady who sued McDonalds because she spilled coffee on her crotch.”
Beverly Rice: “Well, I don’t like how this is going to be able to affect other critics when they do things, as every thing that happens always sets a precedent.”
Elizabeth Cox: “There is so much more at stake here then just Keith.”
Kady O’Malley: “I would issue a statement disassociating it from Keith’s actions.”
Gregg Hagglund: “Send money.”
Kady O’Malley: “Don’t send him fucking money.”
Deana Holmes: “No, I’m not going to send him money.”
Kady O’Malley: “Jesus christ people do not send him money.”
Gregg Hagglund: “Keith should be out within 48 hours.”
Tim: “Why are you against sending keith money?”
Kady O’Malley: “Because he’s being a moron and does not need encouragement. He puts himself into these situations then expects people to fork over cash. Ars is not Keith Henson’s fund raising vehicle.”
Elizabeth Brayman: “Keith shouldn’t have run in the first place! He’s a freakin idiot!”
Kady O’Malley: “He could have appealed the conviction and done that without fleeing.”
Elizabeth Cox: “Settled the situaition correctly and appropriately.”
Gregg Hagglund: “Think of Keith Henson in the Jail … then they tell the population Keith is a child molester…… His chances of survival would be what?”
Kady O’Malley: “Oh here we go the Keith death predictions.”
Jeff Jacobsen: “I think somebody ought to start worrying pretty soon at the rate this is sliding into worse and worse situations.”
Elizabeth Cox: “I am not sending money to Keith.”
Gregg Hagglund: “Who says Kieth resisted filing Refugee status?”
Kady O’Malley: “He didn’t resist it. He just didn’t file it.”
Scott Pilutik: “Well, it sure should get press anyway.. one salon article was a weak PR campaign.. this pretty much forces mainstream press to write about it.. just don’t let Keith talk about ‘how great this arrest was’ next interview.”
Kady O’Malley: “He didn’t tell the truth to customs when he arrived not the thing about being a fugitive but about being a visitor. He didn’t leave when he said he would.”
Christopher Wood: “Kady: Well, he was visiting at first… decided later. Right?”
Kady O’Malley: “It doesn’t work like that. He said that he was only planning on going for a few days.”
Gregg Hagglund: “Keith is in the max security immigration Jail along with real terrorists some who have been here for years.”
Kady O’Malley: “Apparently, this is a huge victory for Keith.”
Jeff Jacobsen: “If these are victories I’m glad I’m not in on the fight. Keith arrested, big victory! Keith convicted, big victory! Keith flees to Canada, big victory!”