BS: Web Rage

Subject: BS: Web Rage
From: Old Guy
Date: 22 Oct 06 - 10:33 AM

An internet user has been found guilty of what police said was Britain's first "web-rage" attack.

Paul Gibbons, 47, tracked down John Jones using details obtained online after the pair exchanged insults in an internet chatroom, a court heard.

He travelled 70 miles to Mr Jones' home in Clacton, Essex, and beat him up with a pickaxe handle in December 2005....

Subject: RE: BS: Web Rage
From: Lox
Date: 22 Oct 06 - 11:06 AM

freaky stuff old guy

Definitely relevant to this situation

It's a reminder that virtual reality exists in the real world and should not be confused with sci fi

Subject: RE: BS: Web Rage
From: Bill D
Date: 22 Oct 06 - 11:12 AM

"I may disagree with what you say, but I will defend to the death YOUR death, the right to say it."

Subject: RE: BS: Web Rage
From: JennyO
Date: 22 Oct 06 - 12:14 PM

Funny - I thought Martin Gibson lived in Chicago.....

Subject: RE: BS: Web Rage
From: number 6
Date: 22 Oct 06 - 12:47 PM

Holy sh%T .... from now on I agree with everyone here!!

sIx

Subject: RE: BS: Web Rage
From: SINSULL
Date: 22 Oct 06 - 02:45 PM

He opened the door holding a knife? Why not all the police BEFORE opening the door?

Subject: RE: BS: Web Rage
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 22 Oct 06 - 02:53 PM

Why open the door at all?

Subject: RE: BS: Web Rage
From: GUEST
Date: 22 Oct 06 - 03:00 PM

Was it a fatwa?

Subject: The "fear based initiative"
From: Thomas the Rhymer
Date: 22 Oct 06 - 03:20 PM

As a casual side note...

Isn't it strange that I get a phone call from 'someone' the moment I go online?... And this 'person' doesn't respond when I pick up.

Hello?...

Terrorism comes in many forms, and is, inescapably... Lucifer's closest friend.
ttr

Subject: RE: BS: Web Rage
From: Lox
Date: 22 Oct 06 - 07:57 PM

Number 6,

Are you saying you're a yes man?

I hate yes men!

Right! That's it! where do you live ... of course ... number 6 ... now where's that potato peeler ...

Subject: RE: BS: Web Rage
From: Rapparee
Date: 22 Oct 06 - 08:22 PM

Assault and battery's assault and battery no matter what triggered it. If I went over to my neighbor's and beat him with a pick handle I'd be just as guilty as if I flew clear across the country to do it.

Subject: RE: BS: Web Rage
From: Bobert
Date: 22 Oct 06 - 08:25 PM

Well, I've always been purdy transparent so it wouldn't take too much to find me but that don't bother me none... Hey, my rule in the cyberworld is never to say anything that I wouldn't say to someone if I were sittin' across from them...

...down to a guy I offered a free karate lesson... He quit with the bull real quick...

But, seriously, the internet scares the heck out of the establishment because information and ideas are out there faster than the PR folks can manipulate them... This is gonna be good for the world one day 'cause it will get the world more tribalized and that will be very, very good for mankind...

Actually, Bush's dumbass ionvasion of Iraq might one day be looked back upon as the last stupid war... Why???...

...'cause during the mad-dash-to-Iraq there was a wealth of information that contradicted Bush's claims right here in cyberworld.... Next time around Bush, or whoever is proposing a new shiney war, will have to contend with more folks who know the real deal...

Bobert

Subject: RE: BS: Web Rage
From: Lox
Date: 22 Oct 06 - 09:12 PM

Depends,

Not all websites and discussion forums are as eclectic or as conducive to intelligent debate as this one.

Skinheads read skinhead papers before, and now they visit skinhead websites.

Same I'm sure goes for the religious right, neo-cons, Hamas supporters, Al qaeda supporters etc.

You might walk out the virtual door every day of your life without ever going near the virtual library.

Subject: RE: BS: Web Rage
From: Bee
Date: 22 Oct 06 - 09:40 PM

Very true, Lox.

Subject: RE: BS: Web Rage
From: Bobert
Date: 22 Oct 06 - 09:50 PM

Yeah, but skinheads don't get into a position of power to order up invasions of other countires...

Bobert

Subject: RE: BS: Web Rage
From: GUEST
Date: 22 Oct 06 - 09:58 PM

Nothing new in terms of the warning side. To quote from Dick Gaughan who is very much an old timer on the Internet (even if he doesn't seem to use Mudcat much)

"Do not say anything to anyone on a newsgroup that you would be afraid to say directly to their face if they were a 6'6 240lbs ex-professional heavyweight boxer carrying a baseball bat and accompanied by three unmuzzled Rottweilers and a posse of very short-tempered bikers. You never know, they might be - and they might live just round the corner from you. Get the idea? So be as courteous and polite as the circumstances call for."

Subject: RE: BS: Web Rage
From: kendall
Date: 23 Oct 06 - 09:24 AM

As long as there were only six of them, I wouldn't worry.

Subject: RE: BS: Web Rage
From: Bee
Date: 23 Oct 06 - 03:06 PM

Good Lord! Guest has described me and my posse perfectly!

(hopefully this li'l white lie will pre-empt any pondered-on vi'lent designs on my person)

Subject: RE: BS: Web Rage
From: Peace
Date: 23 Oct 06 - 03:13 PM

Those designs are called body art.

Subject: RE: BS: Web Rage
From: Becca72
Date: 23 Oct 06 - 03:14 PM

To quote Ron White, " I didn't know how many it would take to beat me up, but I knew how many they were going to use".

Subject: RE: BS: Web Rage
From: Rasener
Date: 23 Oct 06 - 05:35 PM

To anybody I have upset in the past, I offer my sincere apologies.
You are all very nice people.

Subject: RE: BS: Web Rage
From: Bee
Date: 23 Oct 06 - 10:15 PM

I'm not sure how one would deal with web-enraged tattoo artists at ones door - engage them in a discussion of the merits of various forms, perhaps? Is tribal more honest than trad line art? Is it just faddish to use Chinese characters unless one is Chinese? Do Celtic knots unravel as one's skin ages? Is vi'lent a really a good colour, or will it clash with everything else?

Subject: RE: BS: Web Rage
From: Old Guy
Date: 23 Oct 06 - 10:26 PM

"skinheads don't get into a position of power to order up invasions of other countires"

Yeah but Bubbas do.