Trolls can now be sent to prison

[Dodece]

It has been said that being an asshole is every humans god given right. I would not consider what this gentlemen did to be a crime, but I live in a Republic. Which means I live in a nation of laws not men. In the United States the right to freedom of speech is almost absolute. With very few exceptions, and to be honest about that we like it that way. To be bitterly blunt anyone thinking the United States will follow Europe's lead on this doesn't know their ass from a hole in the ground. You might think we are the same, but we are not. I am not saying that this court is wrong in how it interprets the laws it functions under, and if that is what the people of that nation want it is fine by me. I wouldn't like to live in such a state however.

Frankly I find internet shrines to be a form of trolling themselves. Trolling is not about getting a negative reaction. It is about getting a reaction. This gentlemen is looking for negative reinforcement, but the parents were looking for positive reinforcement. Both were about getting a reaction to satisfy a emotional need. Though a pity me troll goes about getting fed differently then the asshole troll. It doesn't mean they were not all trolling. Trolling is just another word for attention seeking, and frankly I am getting tired of it only being viewed in a negative fashion.

Trolling is very much necessary for a healthy community, and without their antics the community suffers, and if you think this community doesn't thrive from its population of trolls you are deluding yourself. Someone has to push the buttons to keep a community motivated. Implying otherwise is just stupid, and in the case of this story the irony is probably this. His negative antics probably generated a ground swell of positive retorts. Defending the targets of his attacks.

So as twisted as it may seem he probably did these people a favor. What are a few negative comments if it brings about thousands of well wishes. By the way the opposite of love is indifference not hate. So he is actually a little bit ahead of the vast majority. In that he cared enough to respond. Which spurred the community into action on the behalf of his targets. Like I said I think the action was extreme on the part of that community, but you know what he got the response.