XENOPHONZ opened this issue on Jan 12, 2006 ยท 72 posts
randym77 posted Fri, 13 January 2006 at 12:32 PM
In many cases "moderating", "deleting posts", "banning" doesn't work, for the simple reason that it's "online consequences", just like the actions are "online", and to the perpretrator they just don't see "online" being a problem.
For most people, being cut off from Internet access is a "real life" consequence. Especially these days.
I just have zero tolerance and patience for those who hide behind their computers playing "School yard bully", which is exactly what they are doing. If I had more financial resources available to me, I'd contribute to the guys prosecution fund.
I wouldn't. I'm not sure he's the one wronged here. How can we be sure? The guy could be stark raving crazy. I seriously doubt anyone drove across the country to photograph his house, as he accuses.
I am definitely against cyberstalking...but there are a lot of paranoid and just plain crazy people who think they are being stalked when they aren't. Or who just want to make a quick buck. Or get off on harassing people with lawsuits, like a "schoolyard bully."
He wasn't on wild and woolly Usenet. He was on AOL. If he was being abused, he could complain and get his abusers banned from AOL. That would solve the problem...if the problem wasn't solely and wholly in his imagination.