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Byrnzie
Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
edited October 2006 in A Moving Train
Internet user admits 'web rage'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6059726.stm

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.

Gibbons, of Southwark, south London, admitted unlawful wounding and will be sentenced on 7 November.

The pair met in an internet chatroom called Yahoo, Islam 10 as both had an interest in the Muslim faith, the Old Bailey was told.

Their exchanges soured after Gibbons accused Mr Jones of spreading rumours about him.

"There was an exchange of views between the victim and the defendant which were threatening on both sides," said prosecutor Ibitayo Adebayo.

"Certainly there was some hostility between the two."

Gibbons, a man with a violent past, traced Mr Jones to his home using personal details about himself that he had put online.

Gibbons arrived at Mr Jones' home armed and accompanied by another man carrying a machete, the court heard.

Mr Jones opened the door holding a knife for protection, said Mr Adebayo.

A fight broke out during which Mr Jones was disarmed and beaten with the pickaxe handle and cut with the knife.

Gibbons fled after the victim's partner called for help. Mr Jones suffered cuts to his head, neck and hands.

After he was arrested, Gibbons was found to have boasted about the attack in a chatroom.

"It went perfectly to plan," he wrote.
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  • rebornFixer
    rebornFixer Posts: 4,901
    I don't know about you guys, but I have a whole stable of machete-wielding holy warriors in the wings over here.
  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
    I've got a family of ninja's backing me up!
  • polaris
    polaris Posts: 3,527
    i live in calgary
  • rebornFixer
    rebornFixer Posts: 4,901
    polaris wrote:
    i live in calgary

    You wish ...
    ;)
  • polaris
    polaris Posts: 3,527
    reborncareerist wrote:
    You wish ...
    ;)

    shhhh ... you're blowing my cover ...
  • robbie
    robbie Posts: 883
    I'm gonna get the army to dig a "Baghdad moat" around my house before i insult the christian right on the moving train again.
  • miller8966
    miller8966 Posts: 1,450
    Thank god i dont have to worry about you hippies...
    America...the greatest Country in the world.
  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    Damn........the MT is calm compared to the shit going down on the Porch about my beloved South.........it appears that I might even be in the middle of some of it. :D
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
    tybird wrote:
    Damn........the MT is calm compared to the shit going down on the Porch about my beloved South.........it appears that I might even be in the middle of some of it. :D

    I was thinking that earlier. Most of the posts on that thread consist of comments such as "Fuck you!" and "You moron!" It's a riveting read!
  • Abuskedti
    Abuskedti Posts: 1,917
    miller8966 wrote:
    Thank god i dont have to worry about you hippies...


    I'm from New Jersey
  • decides2dream
    decides2dream Posts: 14,977
    Byrnzie wrote:
    I was thinking that earlier. Most of the posts on that thread consist of comments such as "Fuck you!" and "You moron!" It's a riveting read!


    indeed...just another day on the message pit. :p

    in regards to the thread topic, it doesn't surprise me in the least. bi think far too many get too comfy in their *appearance* of anonimity on the net. unstable people exist everywhere, one could even argue that the internet is a haven for it - present company excluded of course ;) - so the fact that such hasw occured and probably will occur more seems par for the course.
    Stay with me...
    Let's just breathe...


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  • Ahnimus
    Ahnimus Posts: 10,560
    Bring it!

    I'm not afraid of you people.
    I necessarily have the passion for writing this, and you have the passion for condemning me; both of us are equally fools, equally the toys of destiny. Your nature is to do harm, mine is to love truth, and to make it public in spite of you. - Voltaire
  • Vedderlution_Baby
    Vedderlution_Baby Posts: 2,535
    Don't need no army. Don't need no ninjas. I'll just beat your ass, and depending on what kind of mood I'm in I'll piss on you.


    But you gotta attack first.
  • Ahnimus
    Ahnimus Posts: 10,560
    Vedderlution_Baby! wrote:
    Don't need no army. Don't need no ninjas. I'll just beat your ass, and depending on what kind of mood I'm in I'll piss on you.


    But you gotta attack first.

    Hell no, you have to come to me.

    I'm not gonna spend the bucks it'd cost in gas alone to try and find you.
    I necessarily have the passion for writing this, and you have the passion for condemning me; both of us are equally fools, equally the toys of destiny. Your nature is to do harm, mine is to love truth, and to make it public in spite of you. - Voltaire
  • Eliot Rosewater
    Eliot Rosewater Posts: 2,659
    Vedderlution_Baby! wrote:
    Don't need no army. Don't need no ninjas. I'll just beat your ass, and depending on what kind of mood I'm in I'll piss on you.


    But you gotta attack first.
    No way dude. We're following PJ's example and we're never coming to the south....never.
  • sponger
    sponger Posts: 3,159
    The fact that he had to use a weapon just goes to show what a wuss that guy is. I've seriously considered driving long distances to go face-to-face with people who've pissed me off via the web, but never did it cross my mind to bring a weapon with me. There's no glory in that.
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  • Ahnimus
    Ahnimus Posts: 10,560
    sponger wrote:
    The fact that he had to use a weapon just goes to show what a wuss that guy is. I've seriously considered driving long distances to go face-to-face with people who've pissed me off via the web, but never did it cross my mind to bring a weapon with me. There's no glory in that.

    Dude, why don't you just hack his computer and print gay porn on his printer?
    I necessarily have the passion for writing this, and you have the passion for condemning me; both of us are equally fools, equally the toys of destiny. Your nature is to do harm, mine is to love truth, and to make it public in spite of you. - Voltaire
  • robbie
    robbie Posts: 883
    miller8966 wrote:
    Thank god i dont have to worry about you hippies...


    i'm gonna show up outside your door and freak you out with my patchouli stink and dreadlock lice. then im gonna drive through your local mcdonalds and run over a little girl on a bike cause im high on weed.
  • Vedderlution_Baby
    Vedderlution_Baby Posts: 2,535
    don't gimme no wrote:
    No way dude. We're following PJ's example and we're never coming to the south....never.

    Heh?
  • Eliot Rosewater
    Eliot Rosewater Posts: 2,659
    Vedderlution_Baby! wrote:
    Heh?
    You're in the south, right? Well, maybe since you have to travel to see PJ then you could be the one to show up on my doorstep when they play Salt Lake City next year......

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