Would you kill Sam Bailey?

"Why don't you try cutting his head off?"

This is the e-mail I got yesterday morning. On the one hand, the person who sent this in wishes to remain anonymous. On the other hand, they didn't feel the need to elaborate on their point.

Are you serious?

Before yesterday, it had never occurred to me that someone could look at the work we're doing here as a video-game troubleshooting session. This whole project revolves around a man's life, unusual as it is. Ending that life is all you can think about?

My intent was to post about the iron maiden and the bloodwork the Vatican is doing - I have some news on that front. At the same time, this e-mail was such an eye-opener for me that I couldn't let it sit ignored. This site, as controversial as it may be, is a research project. I consider myself bound by both integrity and reason when it comes to sharing information here. Our mission is to ethically, safely test and explore the theory that at least one man is impervious to both age and death. Violence has nothing to do with it.

On a personal level, I consider the evidence suggesting that Sam Bailey is five centuries old to be nothing short of magic. I agree with the postulate that magic is simply that which science has failed to explain, but you know what? Should I manage to explain this thing, it'll still be a miracle which has changed my life, and for which I am eternally grateful.

Anyone looking to end Sam Bailey's life is serving up a big slice of justification for Sam and anyone like him choosing to remain hidden from the world. Like the Inquisition, like those behind the Salem Witch Trials, you demonstrate those qualities most base and pathetic to the human condition.

Is this blog a mistake? Am I threatening Sam Bailey's life by conducting this research? I'd like to think my readers are better than that. In today's world, with as much effort as it takes to stay ignorant, I'd like to think that information naturally leads to discovery instead of repression.

I'll tell you one thing. If I start chopping heads off, I won't be starting with Sam Bailey.