Did I get 'him? Did I get 'im? No? Drat. Someone fetch my trollspray!
And what's a lulzcow? Is it the feminine version of the Ypur?

I happen to be with July here. I'm pretty sure it's in the constitution that interpersonal tiffs will not be tolerated on this Board. Grow up or go away.

~Neshomeh

Did you just write what I thought you did?

Why, yes, it seems you did.

What charming words!

And such acerbic wit!

Once again, speaking only for myself and no one else, and certainly in no official capacity, I highly suggest you stay off this board until you learn to respect others.

Because honestly?

Posting that was dick. Really, it was.

Now, seriously, GTFO until you either learn how to troll better or are willing to actually participate.

I have every right to be angry if someone was performing ILLEGAL ACTIVITY. Did you actually see what he was doing? Sending obscene death and rape threats to twelve-year-old children on ffnet? I think that goes a little beyond a joke.

Remember to be cooperate with the authorities in any possible way you can (the more you help, the more incriminating evidence the prosecutors will have, the higher likelihood of Sir Trollalot getting thrown in the clink) and to be sure to alert the proper authorities if this ever happens again.

As for the second thing, I personally don't see a problem with it, but it might be stooping a bit to his level, mightn't it?

Don't feel bad about feeling happy; this guy clearly deserved it. And I agree with hS about not writing about this idiot, but that doesn't mean you can't take out your anger in some *cough* creatively violent ways on whatever Sue your agents deal with next. *big smile*

Which is that we're against the creations, not the authors. I'm not saying that this person wouldn't deserve it, but the PPC is not the place to do that sort of thing.

hS

I can't think of any exact sites off the top of my head, but there are sites you can use that will enable you to disguise your email as coming from somewhere else.

Friend of mine tells me that if you've got decent spam protection it'll filter those from popular places out, but it's obviously not the case here.

Quite frankly, it's obvious they're reading the board, which makes soliciting advice out in the open difficult, obviously.

Kit and Minty were discussing whether they could get away with putting him in Jackverse Hell. They decided against it, they didn't intend to cause him actual physical harm even within the fictional context, and it was meant solely in a fictional context as a letting-off-steam joke. Would I still get in trouble for that if this did end up in court or something, even if his reaction of death threats is clearly overblown?

The section of the act that you should be pursuing in the US, if you charge over there, is section 223 of title 47 in the Communications Decency Act (amended). In particular, you're looking to charge the bastard/bitch under this subparagraph -

"(a) Prohibited general purposes

Whoever-- (1) in interstate or foreign communications--

(C) makes a telephone call or utilizes a telecommunications device, whether or not conversation or communication ensues, without disclosing his identity and with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any person at the called number or who receives the communications;"

(NB: subsection (h)(1)(C) of this act states(C) "in the case of subparagraph (C) of subsection (a)(1), [telecommunications device] includes any device or software that can be used to originate telecommunications or other types of communications that are transmitted, in whole or in part, by the Internet (as such term is defined in section 1104 of the Internet Tax Freedom Act (47 U.S.C. 151 note)).")

In the UK, you're looking at the Malicious Communications Act 1988 (amended 2001), which states the following -

"(1) Any person who sends to another person
(a) a letter, electronic communication or article of any description which conveys
(i) a message which is indecent or grossly offensive
(ii) a threat or
(iii) information which is false and known or believed to be false by the sender or
(b) any article or electronic communication which is, in whole or part, of an indecent or grossly offensive nature,
is guilty of an offence if his purpose, or one of his purposes, in sending it is that it should, so far as falling within paragraph (a) or (b) above, cause distress or anxiety to the recipient or to any other person to whom he intends that it or its contents or nature should be communicated."

(The relevant section is section 1, subsection a, paragraph ii.)

So there you go. If you need any other legal advice from a first year Law student who's not been admitted to the bar in his country yet and thus is in no way an expert on foreign legislation, don't hesitate to ask (on the plus side, it's free advice, heh).

There are two different ways to attack this - cut his E-mail account, and cut his web access. The first is more likely, all you should need to do is forward one of the E-mails with an appropriate note added to abuse@ his E-mail provider. They should deal with it quickly.

The second is a bit trickier - you'll need to open up the MIME headers of his E-mail address. Included in the header is a server-by-server list of how the E-mail got from him to you, including all IP addresses involved. The first one on the list should be his. If it's something at yahoo.com or whatever, he's using a webmail client - go back to technique one.

Once you have his IP, it's relatively easy to reverse-DNS it (or whois) and work out at least generally where he is. Unfortunately, laws on cyberstalking vary wildly by state - some have very strict laws, some have no laws at all. You'll have to play that one by ear.

You, or I, if there's an issue, cna use my Neopets account. It's been years since I actually used the thing, but it should be enough to let you report to the Admin of the place.
And if it's making you uncomfortable, and you've asked them to stop, it is illegal. It's mental and emotional abuse, and even if it occurs over a cyber setting, it's still illegal.

http://www.neopets.com/autoform_abuse.phtml?abuse=report

That's the link to report abuse and all that. My username is Articblade, password is Laburnum00. Let me know when you're done, so I can delete the account.