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Be careful who you "flame" on the Internet!


From: "Richard M. Smith" <rms () computerbytesman com>
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 08:01:09 -0500

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070726/ap_on_hi_te/internet_feud_3;_ylt=Aq5MJIn
ni6PSkXA2NgJsneIE1vAI

Man burns down trailer in online feud

ELM MOTT, Texas - A Navy man who got mad when someone mocked him as a "nerd"
over the Internet climbed into his car and drove 1,300 miles from Virginia
to Texas to teach the other guy a lesson. 

As he made his way toward Texas, Fire Controlman 2nd Class Petty Officer
Russell Tavares posted photos online showing the welcome signs at several
states' borders, as if to prove to his Internet friends that he meant
business.

When he finally arrived, Tavares burned the guy's trailer down.

This week, Tavares, 27, was sentenced to seven years in prison after
pleading no contest to arson and admitting he set the blaze

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