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Black Dragon
07-26-2007, 11:19 PM
http://www.wral.com/news/national_world/national/story/1638368/

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.

Cookie Monster
07-27-2007, 03:29 AM
I think now would be the perfect time to say, "the internet is serious business"?

Really though. Actually driving 1,300 miles because of an "insult" over internet? I don't know wether to laugh at this guy's obsessiveness or not.

Number_IX_Demyx
08-10-2007, 07:07 PM
I wouldn't laugh at him. I might burn down your trailer.