You are a walking history lesson. That was an awesome abridged history.
It's a lot better from a distant perspective. The really stupid thing is the only part of it that mattered - court bullshit - was entirely secondary to the problem. Dante had to fight a skirmish in the court system and VA lost his job because internet nerds had axes to grind over nothing.
I think it was entirely a bullshit situation that never should have happened, but that's how I feel about every silly thing that happens on the internet because people get stupid. When does one cross over to the point where they decide to take up the pitchforks because of the internet. I understand it if you're the one being persecuted, unless there's a really, really good reason, otherwise it's weird to me.
That's because you are correct. When your normal life lacks any power. Secret to the modern world: people with no "IRL" power amass as much of it as they can on the internet. Reddit meetups are an amazing thing.I think it was entirely a bullshit situation that never should have happened, but that's how I feel about every silly thing that happens on the internet because people get stupid.
When does one cross over to the point where they decide to take up the pitchforks because of the internet.