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November 7, 2006 by Jack Steiner 3 Comments

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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.

Gibbons, of Southwark, south London, admitted unlawful wounding and will be sentenced on 7 November.

Anonymity has its advantages.

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  1. PsychoToddler says

    November 8, 2006 at 3:22 pm

    Nobody’s truely anonymous. Anyone determined to do harm can track down your IP address and find you.

    Have a nice day.

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  2. Jack's Shack says

    November 8, 2006 at 8:20 am

    Hi Alan,

    Some of the people you mentioned most certainly deserve a good thumping.

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  3. Alan aka Avrum ben Avrum says

    November 8, 2006 at 3:15 am

    Dear Jack,

    Such is the price that Mr. Jones seems to have paid for indulging in the pervasive cretinism that flourishes in the chatrooms!

    Not that I condone the use of bludgeoning as a means by which to settle “inter-chatter” disputation! … though i would support an exemption that would guarentee legal impunity to those who bludgeon nazis and other assorted misanthopes and Jew haters!

    I remain …

    Very Sincerely yours,

    Alan D. Busch

    Reply

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