http://www.msnbc.msn.com/...?GT1=43001

Are we, as a society, running out of criminals to prosecute?

Are we, as an online society, running out of topics to post?




doh edit
[Edited 10/23/08 14:25pm]

note to Serious: Terence Trent d'Arby sucks monkey-ass!

amazing!

reneGade20 said:

never read that one, but this is one of my all time faves...

This thread is going well, I'd say.

seriously, who does this to a sheep?!

Attention in the peanut gallery....

..start a thread...hope for a little support....but nooooo...gotta deal with the largest collection of unemployed comedians ever assembled....

I love y'all, too!!

ok, I know this aint the right forum, but Prince has really packed on a few punds...

roodboi said:

I dare you to go post this in M&M and be all serious about it.
[Edited 10/23/08 14:53pm]

roodboi said:

That.....is.....just.....all.....kinds.....of.....wrong!!!

hokie said:

done!

roodboi said:

I'm assuming this qualifies as a , yes?

reneGade20 said:

Yes, but we're not serious.

HamsterHuey said:

true, she's not one to threadjack...

abierman said:

roodboi said:

.....it was the opposite of where the thread was going.
[Edited 10/24/08 7:51am]

roodboi said:

abierman said:

Blasphemy!

Angry online divorcee 'kills' virtual ex-hubby
Police say woman logged on virtual reality game and ended ex's avatar

By Mari Yamaguchi
updated 4:48 a.m. HT, Thurs., Oct. 23, 2008

TOKYO - A 43-year-old Japanese piano teacher's sudden divorce from her online husband in a virtual game world made her so angry that she logged on and killed his digital persona, police said Thursday.

She used his identification and password to log onto popular interactive game "Maple Story" to carry out the virtual murder in mid-May, a police official in northern Sapporo City said on condition of anonymity, citing department policy.

"I was suddenly divorced, without a word of warning. That made me so angry," the official quoted her as telling investigators and admitting the allegations.

The woman had not plotted any revenge in the real world, the official said.

She was charged with illegal access onto a computer and manipulating electronic data, police said. If convicted, she could face a prison term of up to five years or a fine up to $5,000.

As in "Second Life" in the U.S., players in "Maple Story" raise and manipulate digital images called "avatars" that represent themselves, while engaging in relationships, social activities and fighting against monsters and other obstacles.

The woman used login information she got from the 33-year-old office worker when their characters were happily married, and killed the character. The man complained to police when he discovered that his beloved online avatar was dead.

The woman was arrested Wednesday and was taken across the country, traveling 620 miles from her home in southern Miyazaki to be detained in Sappporo, where the man lives, the official said.

The police official said he did not know if she was married in the real world.

In recent years, virtual lives have had consequences in the real world. In August, a woman was charged in Delaware with plotting the real-life abduction of a boyfriend she met through "Second Life."

In Tokyo, police arrested a 16-year-old boy on charges of swindling virtual currency worth $360,000 in an interactive role playing game by manipulating another player's portfolio using a stolen ID and password.

Virtual games are popular in Japan, and "Second Life" has drawn a fair number of Japanese participants. They rank third by nationality among users, after Americans and Brazilians.




that is a bizarre story.
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LoyalAndTrue said:

err...ummm...

... my thread has officially been

reneGade20 said:

And yoou didn't even said 'thank you', you ungrateful lout. It's hard to make a thread go off in only two posts.

HamsterHuey said:

I think this thread is actually doing quite well.....a lot better than my 'zitsqueezing in pubic area'-thread!

HamsterHuey said:

My apologies....a master's work isn't usually appreciated until AFTER they die a horrible death.....

abierman said:

Our hard work is not appreciated. I don't get it.

reneGade20 said:

Ermmmm. awright. You know someone was arrested after an internet murder.

I wonder if I can call the police for internet death threats...



polive-edit
[Edited 10/25/08 15:45pm]

HamsterHuey said:

Even though it was my thread....