Quote - .then don't be surprised when you eventually get chased offline by every punk who knows they can chuff you. No skin off my nose; I firmly believe that the Internet is vastly overpopulated as it is in many aspects. But, notice that I never mentioned that you need to specifically use foul language or even angry words. Sometimes, all it takes is enough sarcasm to let them know you're twisting the proverbial knife... and it sinks in about five minutes after they read it.

Just because I refuse to stoop to their levels doesn't mean that I can't hold my own with online bullies :) I can bite if I have mind to. However, I find that reverse psychology is much more effective than reducing yourself to pond scum level. You see, the last thing these freaks expect is for you to treat them with such extreme kindness that it comes across as "pity". If someone is nasty, just be really nice. The more nasty they are, the more nicer and sickenly sweet I'll be. Eventually they get tired and move on :) > Quote - That one and only threat? Happened in 1997. It was dispatched of in less than a week by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (he lived in Newfoundland of all places), with a long, slobbering apology to conclude the episode (in an email openly cc'd to his ISP sysop, his local clerk of court, and my ISP's sysop). I never heard from him again.

You obviously took it seriously enough that you got the police involved. If it was so "inconsequential", why did you do that? You could have just been nasty and verbally given him back what he was dishing out and chased him away? Or so you said.

"It is good to see ourselves as others see us. Try as we may, we are never
able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us.
This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good
heart whatever they might have to say." - Ghandi