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   From: twonky@mindspring.com   
      
   You're an ass.....a funny one......   
      
   Gotta go to the plant....I'll take care of matters tonight.....   
      
   "HVAC" wrote in message   
   news:1163776212.777108.156770@e3g2000cwe.googlegroups.com...   
   > Boston, MA (Reuters) -- A Lynn man said to have carried out the   
   > country's first "Web rage" attack was jailed for 2-1/2 years on Friday   
   > for assaulting a man with whom he had exchanged insults over the   
   > Internet.   
   >   
   > Twonky Blumpkin 67, from Lynn, admitted he had attacked Harlow Campbell   
   > after months of exchanging abuse with him via an Internet chat room   
   > dedicated to discussing aliens and Islam.   
   >   
   > London's central criminal court heard that Blumpkin had "taken   
   > exception" to Campbell, 43, after Campbell alleged that Blumpkin had   
   > been "molesting children."   
   >   
   > After several more written exchanges, during which Campbell threatened   
   > to track down Blumpkin and give him a severe beating, Blumpkin and 2   
   > friends went to his victim's house in New Hampshire, armed with a   
   > pickaxe, a machete and a shotgun.   
   >   
   > Campbell himself was unarmed, but somehow managed to fight off Blumpkin   
   > and his 2 henchmen, the court was told.   
   >   
   > Blumpkin, who the court heard had previous convictions for "violent   
   > offenses," pleaded guilty to unlawful criminal threatening on the first   
   > day of his trial.   
   >   
   > Other charges of attempted murder and issuing online threats to kill   
   > other chatroom users were not pursued but could be reactivated in   
   > future if he reoffends.   
   >   
   > Media reports said it was the first "web-rage" attack and Judge Richard   
   > Hawkins said the circumstances were "unusual."   
   >   
   > "This case highlights the dangers of Internet chat rooms, particularly   
   > with regard to people such as Blumpkin who often gave gruesome details   
   > of his fantasies regarding killing children".   
   >   
   > Due to his advanced age and poor health, Blumpkin was gived probation   
   > in lieu of jail.   
      
   Very funny Harlow....   
      
   From where did your intelligence come, to write such witty stuff....   
      
   Answer that for me, for tonight....   
      
   Careful.....you may negate evolution.....   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   
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