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<blockquote data-quote="The Feedster" data-source="post: 525969" data-attributes="member: 259515"><p>Isn't the internet great? How else could dunderheads like those just arrested in Japan threaten to go postal in copycat street slayings similar to the recent Akihabara killings.</p><p></p><p>Of course, they could always send rambling letters to newspapers, but that's a bit old-fashioned, especially when no one reads the papers anymore.</p><p></p><p><strong>Frustrated rants</strong></p><p></p><p>Instead, their online outpourings of bile and frustration are landing them in handcuffs and adding fuel to the fire that threatens to consume online freedoms in Japan.</p><p></p><p>The three people currently being questioned were nabbed after threatening attacks ranging from burning down train stations to aiming to top the Akihabara death toll by going for 100 stabbings in a Tokyo shopping street.</p><p></p><p><strong>Government to act</strong></p><p></p><p>While it's all clearly infantile nonsense (until one of these nuts acts out his fantasies, that is), the implications for the rest of the country's 'net users are clear.</p><p></p><p>A government already fixated on the perils of allowing its citizens to communicate online by an ongoing spate of web-related suicide-pacts and sites that dish up recipes for poison gas is sure to act soon.</p><p></p><p><strong>Implications for us all</strong></p><p></p><p>Whether that involves the automatic monitoring software the communications ministry there talked of last week or something more draconian is likely to depend on how long Japan's current obsession with the darker side of geek culture lasts.</p><p></p><p>And, as we well know, once one supposedly democratic country starts down the censorship road, others are sure to follow.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/669/f/8513/s/147257b/mf.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Copycat threats put spotlight on 'net freedoms&link=http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/web/copycat-threats-put-spotlight-on-net-freedoms-395366" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Copycat threats put spotlight on 'net freedoms&link=http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/web/copycat-threats-put-spotlight-on-net-freedoms-395366" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/669/f/8513/s/147257b/story01.htm" target="_blank">More...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Feedster, post: 525969, member: 259515"] Isn't the internet great? How else could dunderheads like those just arrested in Japan threaten to go postal in copycat street slayings similar to the recent Akihabara killings. Of course, they could always send rambling letters to newspapers, but that's a bit old-fashioned, especially when no one reads the papers anymore. [B]Frustrated rants[/B] Instead, their online outpourings of bile and frustration are landing them in handcuffs and adding fuel to the fire that threatens to consume online freedoms in Japan. The three people currently being questioned were nabbed after threatening attacks ranging from burning down train stations to aiming to top the Akihabara death toll by going for 100 stabbings in a Tokyo shopping street. [B]Government to act[/B] While it's all clearly infantile nonsense (until one of these nuts acts out his fantasies, that is), the implications for the rest of the country's 'net users are clear. A government already fixated on the perils of allowing its citizens to communicate online by an ongoing spate of web-related suicide-pacts and sites that dish up recipes for poison gas is sure to act soon. [B]Implications for us all[/B] Whether that involves the automatic monitoring software the communications ministry there talked of last week or something more draconian is likely to depend on how long Japan's current obsession with the darker side of geek culture lasts. And, as we well know, once one supposedly democratic country starts down the censorship road, others are sure to follow. [IMG]http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/669/f/8513/s/147257b/mf.gif[/IMG] [URL="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Copycat threats put spotlight on 'net freedoms&link=http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/web/copycat-threats-put-spotlight-on-net-freedoms-395366"][IMG]http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif[/IMG][/URL][URL="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Copycat threats put spotlight on 'net freedoms&link=http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/web/copycat-threats-put-spotlight-on-net-freedoms-395366"][IMG]http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif[/IMG][/URL] [url=http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/669/f/8513/s/147257b/story01.htm]More...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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