Trolling. You're banned for 2 years. From society, not the forums!

[Tycoon101]

Imbecilic, , what's that your word of the day?

Monster? Sharwood? I don't think so. Don't be a dramaqueen. If you've ever read the Darwin Awards or gloated at someone else's misfortune (due to their "inferiority") you're a monster yourself.

In the off chance you're not being deliberately thick & genuinely don't understand my use of the word hypocrite you might recall certain posters making a mission to harass & cause emotional harm to other posters. I even got a Private Message from this fellow apologizing for being an unnecessary jerk all these years, "I'm really a good person!", .

Sharwood wasn't the "monster" I was referring to.

In my eyes, there is little to no difference between a cruel person who's assaults lead to a death & one who's verbal assaults fail to cause death, their intention is the same. Thus any talk of morality by such a person is hypocritical. You might as well get a lecture on respecting women from Mike Tyson.

Oh my Gogf! That idea has already been discussed and summarily rebuked!

Because I must speak up against bullies everywhere, lest they win. I live not only for myself, it is not noble to hide from or try to block out everything that displeases you.

Besides, most of his postings are harmless & the ignore feature disrupts the flow of threads, anyone worth ignoring is persistent enough to get quoted by others which defeats the whole purpose.

So this cyber bullying issue should be left to the hands of internet vigilantes?


...Well, vigilantism on the internet has worked for some CFCers in the past...

 

[Narz]

Sharwood wasn't the "monster" I was referring to.

So, wait, I'm a monster because Fifty thinks I always disagree with him? Or is he the monster? Maybe you're the monster. What intelligent person actually uses words like "monster" anyway?

Oh my Gogf! That idea has already been discussed and summarily rebuked!

OMG, people on the Internet have a different opinion than me!

So this cyber bullying issue should be left to the hands of internet vigilantes?

Do you call the cops every time you have an interpersonal problem with someone?

...Well, vigilantism on the internet has worked for some CFCers in the past...

The trolls used to be pretty bad & the mods were too soft on them.

 

[El_Machinae]

Moderator Action: Let's back off from the personal comments

 

[Bestbank Tiger]

Why do they need anew law for this?

Threatening/abusing/harrassing is already illegal and using a relatively new technology or forum to do so shouldn't be a defense.

In the Megan Meier case, being mean to a person you know is suffering from clinical depression is negligent homicide at best and murder (either through intent or depraved indifference) at worst. Again, the means you use shouldn't matter.

 

[choxorn]

My opinion is that it is a good idea, but impossible to implement, and there are many problems. For one, how exactly do you define "cyberbullying"? It's hard to see the intent of someone on the internet.

 

[Narz]

My opinion is that it is a good idea, but impossible to implement, and there are many problems. For one, how exactly do you define "cyberbullying"? It's hard to see the intent of someone on the internet.

Alot of it is very blatant.

 

[D'Artagnan59]

YES! NOW I CAN BAN ALL OF YOU FOR WHAT YOU DID TO ME!

Just kidding. I'm not really that obsessed with y'all that I'm going to do that.

 

[choxorn]

Alot of it is very blatant.

True, but there's still a gray area between "Just joking/We hate you and wish you would die"

And like someone earlier said, does this allow people to sue their critics?

 

[Sharwood]

Why do people deserve to die for being weak-minded? Oh nevermind I get it, you're an internet tough guy. I bet you think people who are "weak" and "illogical" are just "hurting evolution" by being kept alive. Wow, you're so impressive. I wish I could be as cold and logical and heartless and apathetic as you.

Firstly, I am a tough-guy. SO COME HERE AND SAY THAT!

I'm not so much saying that they deserve to die as that we shouldn't waste resources trying to keep them alive. I'm in favour of suicide being legalised, so if they want to die, let them. I'm in favour of both euthanasia and counselling to seek to prevent suicide - especially for those who are clinically depressed, which I did not know she was - but if people really want to kill themselves for no good reason, fine, stop wasting my oxygen.

I've known more than a dozen people who've killed themselves, and have no sympathy for any of them. None of them had anything clinically wrong with them, they just did it "because it's sooooo hard." Fine, goodbye then. If you don't care about your own family and friends, about all the emotional suffering you're causing them, about the financial suffering paying for a funeral for your cowardly arse is going to cause them, and for all the rest of the fallout from your death, why the hell should I give a damn about you either?

Secondly, I have no problem with people who are weak and illogical being kept alive. I'm more in favour of euthenics than eugenics. That being said, I see nothing particularly wrong about eugenics either, provided it is voluntary.

Thirdly, I am cold and logical and heartless. I'm not apathetic, though many times I wish I was, seeing some of the crap that goes on in this world.

What you are saying is tantamount to saying that you deserved to go to prison. After all, if you can't beat a false accusation than you are obviously weak and deserve to be thrown in jail.

There's a difference between being weak-minded - or weak-willed, which is probably a better term - and being in a weak socio-economic position. You may have noticed that one of the few things I get really worked up about is abuse of power, even when it's on a really minor scale. I believe in fairness, not the law of the jungle. Just because we're all forced to live by the latter doesn't mean I approve of it, even if I've proven fairly good at it.

Also, bear in mind that I did beat that false accusation, quite conclusively.

It feels weird saying this because I'm pretty sure I'm younger than you, but GROW UP. Your views are false, morally reprehensible, and really immature.

I'm 22, have no idea how old you are. If you want to call my views false, morally reprehensible and really immature, that's fine - albeit a bit rich, considering you routinely post some of the most immature stuff on here in your attempts to be funny. But I don't really give a damn. I know we have differnt moral codes; I'm a relativist - I know how much you love that - whereas you've probably picked something out of all the philosophy you've studied, which frankly doesn't interest me more than in passing. I simply call things how I see them, and from what I've seen, someone taking their own life because they can't handle some bullying is not worth the effort of trying to save.

 

[Masada]

I wonder if I could sue for discrimination? Trollin' being my creed and all.

 

[Sharwood]

I wonder if I could sue for discrimination? Trollin' being my creed and all.

Well, you are a minority group, so you could definitely work that in there.

 

[Masada]

Well, you are a minority group, so you could definitely work that in there.

They do be hatin' on my cultural and racial imperative to troll! .

 

[Sharwood]

They do be hatin' on my cultural and racial imperative to troll! .

Maoris have been trolling since before the British arrived. What with all the cannibalism and tattooing. You should explain that to the court.

Come to think of it, you'd probably win.

 

[RalofTyr]

I only bully people bigger than me.

Where's the challenge in bullying the weak?

 

[Sharwood]

I only bully people bigger than me.

Where's the challenge in bullying the weak?

It's not about the challenge, it's about the feeling of power you get from picking on the indefensible. It makes me them forget how truly pathetic my their life is.

Not to mention profit. That lunch money adds up.

 

[Drewcifer]

Wouldn't this law have some first amendment issues? I would imagine that threatening people on line could be made illegal but it probably already is. If we are going to send people to prison for being annoying I don't see that as being compatable with free speech.

 

[Yeekim]

(a) Whoever transmits in interstate or foreign commerce any communication, with the intent to coerce, intimidate, harass, or cause substantial emotional distress to a person, using electronic means to support severe, repeated, and hostile behavior, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.

Economy-related news have been quite depressing lately. Reuters, consider your a** sued!

 

[azzaman333]

What happens on the internet, stays on the internet.

 

[Death_Machine]

If this were enacted, I wonder if website hosts would be required to take all reasonable steps to prevent such cyber-bullying, or else they could be considered negligent / an accomplice? I guess we better step-up our moderating!

If we can't talk about how mods do the job around here then you shouldn't be joking about it. I know 1 point for me for ignoring the rules like you just did..... maybe 2 for you having to delete this post.

 

[Angst]

On a more serious note, it's ridiculous that people abuse their anonymity to hurt other people and even more ridiculous that it's getting so bad that they actually have to pass a law to stop them.

This, mostly the first; the second is, however, a desperate attemp to prevent the first, and I actually support that... :/