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This is a tad silly.

http//news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6059726.stm

"An internet user has been found guilty of what police said was Britain’s first “web-rage” attack. Paul Gibbons, 47, tracked down John Jones using details obtained online after the pair exchanged insults in an internet chatroom, a court heard. He travelled 70 miles to Mr Jones’ home in Clacton, Essex, and beat him up with a pickaxe handle in December 2005 ... "

If you have a disagreement with anyone in a chatroom do you really take it into the real world (so to speak) as well?
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