November 18th, 2006, 12:24
## stay turned for legal ramifications concerning a Thai gay website..details to be revealed as they unfold. Meanwhile this piece demonstrates the dangers of the Internet--and why Sawatdee is still the repository of Gentleman !
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Man jailed for Britain's first "web-rage" attack
LONDON (Reuters) - A British man convicted of what has been described as the country's first "web-rage" attack, was jailed for 2-1/2 years on Friday for assaulting a man he had exchanged insults with over the Internet.
Paul Gibbons, 47, from south London, admitted he had attacked John Jones in December 2005 after months of exchanging abuse with him via an Internetchatroom dedicated to discussing Islam.
The Old Bailey heard that Gibbons had "taken exception" to Jones, 43, after he had made the claim that Gibbons had been "interfering with children".
After several more verbal and written exchanges -- with Jones threatening to track him down and give him a severe beating -- Gibbons and a friend went to his victim's house in Essex, armed with a pickaxe and machete.
Jones himself was armed with a knife but Gibbons took it off him, held it to his throat and "scratched" him across the neck.
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlene ... rss&rpc=22 (http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=technologyNews&storyid=2006-11-17T152625Z_01_L17720855_RTRUKOC_0_US-BRITAIN-WEBRAGE.xml&src=rss&rpc=22)
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Man jailed for Britain's first "web-rage" attack
LONDON (Reuters) - A British man convicted of what has been described as the country's first "web-rage" attack, was jailed for 2-1/2 years on Friday for assaulting a man he had exchanged insults with over the Internet.
Paul Gibbons, 47, from south London, admitted he had attacked John Jones in December 2005 after months of exchanging abuse with him via an Internetchatroom dedicated to discussing Islam.
The Old Bailey heard that Gibbons had "taken exception" to Jones, 43, after he had made the claim that Gibbons had been "interfering with children".
After several more verbal and written exchanges -- with Jones threatening to track him down and give him a severe beating -- Gibbons and a friend went to his victim's house in Essex, armed with a pickaxe and machete.
Jones himself was armed with a knife but Gibbons took it off him, held it to his throat and "scratched" him across the neck.
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlene ... rss&rpc=22 (http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=technologyNews&storyid=2006-11-17T152625Z_01_L17720855_RTRUKOC_0_US-BRITAIN-WEBRAGE.xml&src=rss&rpc=22)