Annoying someone via the Internet is now a federal crime.
It's no joke. Last Thursday, President Bush signed into law a prohibition on posting annoying Web messages or sending annoying e-mail messages without disclosing your true identity.
I wonder how many e-annoyance officers they would have to employ and how big the Office of E-Annoyance Management would be if they were to enfroce this law
Mindia is seriously the greatest troll that has ever lived.
One mitigant will be that we already know many of the major perpetrators real names, and this law is just supposed to counter anonymous griefing (if it has a purpose at all)! At least one (Harrison, right?) even has his real-life name as his screen name, lol.
Actually, it says nothing about getting in trouble for being annoying if you do give your name. So let everyone know who you are and you are gravy.
Inside each person lives two wolves. One is loyal, kind, respectful, humble and open to the mystery of life. The other is greedy, jealous, hateful, afraid and blind to the wonders of life. They are in battle for your spirit. The one who wins is the one you feed.
It's unfortunate and ineffective. It's difficult to say whether the advent of the internet and the ability of total dweebs who would be otherwise crushed into a greasy spot on the road now have the ability of saying what they really think with impunity.
Some go too far, no I correct myself many go too far. Those that do I normally excuse because I figure they couldn't go that far before, and live to tell about it.
Thing is they have every right to express themselves. As evidenced by this and other BBS. Thing of it is, some of us who have for many years done our socialization mano e mano really can't understand why you'd be so quick to say something on a BBS or in a chat room that would get your skinny ass kicked in the real world.
I can accept the venting of frustrations, but the personal attacks...well. For the most part it can be considered harmless I spose, after all the recipient can always choose to ignore the instigator on the internet. But that seems unatural, doesn't it?
By and large folks on the internet are actually nicer than they would be in real life. And I find that odd as well...
