Man Burns Down Trailer In Online Feud

[Nomad559]

http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2007/07/26/news/doc46a924ba365f9163692525.txt

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.

[lurky]

1. Daaaaamn!

Nerd-boy has some thin skin!! :evilgrin:

[BR_Parkway]

2. Gives a whole new meaning to "flame war", huh?

[Demeter]

3. Proves He's Not A Nerd, But a Moran!

Maybe the King of Morans, with Bush as the Emperor.

[SayWhatYo]

8. Russ is actually a pretty smart guy...

He obviously has some major issues, but he is fairly smart... I doubt he would like to be compared to Bush though. His politics are one of a liberal libertarian. In fact, the right wing nuts are trying to make this out to be some sort of piltical thing... freaking idiots.

[Solo_in_MD]

4. The *vic* was not all that together either

[SayWhatYo]

7. :D You know about all this crap?

And how how the victim claimed he was the king of a web site... or how the victim thought it was a wonderful idea to post my personal information on the internet and encourage people to call my work, and to track down license plate numbers?

[RobertSeattle]

5. Troll fight!

[SayWhatYo]

6. I know all them from online....

I talked to Russ last week on yahoo too... Crazy shit.

I was talking to John Anderson just a couple days ago too. All those morons are still going at it. I mean, no excuses for pyrodice to do such a thing, but that guy John Anderson is just as much of a moron... Sick bastard seems to be glad this happened to him.