| Just what our society needs: LOLMurder. *shudder*
Urban Legend is totally appropriate for this story...the story itself makes a commentary on the tendency of our culture (the Internet in particular) to encourage sadistic behavior. I mean, if the "Smiley Face Killer" is shown to be real...what is being done is the ultimate 'griefing', with the same motivations.
That's really the scary part about Anonymous, much as I approve of their Stand-Alone Complex like actions against things like Scientology. What happens when our (the Internet community's) smugness over RL overwhelms our reason and our morals? \I do believe there are people who get so deeply buried in the 4chan stream of anti-consciousness that they lose touch with reality.
Does this mean there are Internet-created sociopaths? Probably not. But it's a horror story moral that I think more people need to contemplate.
__________________   "Well, my days of not taking you seriously have certainly come to a middle." Especially at night, I worry over situations I know will be alright. Perhaps it's just imagination. Day after day it reappears. Night after night, my heartbeat shows the fear. Ghosts appear and fade away... -Colin Hay |