I'm glad you've made this post because all too often there's an odd streak of this good-whatever-you-want-even-if-it-harms-someone mentality on the Internet. It

I'm glad you've made this post because all too often there's an odd streak of this good-whatever-you-want-even-if-it-harms-someone mentality on the Internet. It's like some people think the use of an electronic broadcast medium some how mitigates or eliminates the actual harm that comes from their actions. But if we remove the notion of "it's only the Internet" from the equation the same behavior comes under harassment and anti-stalking laws in the US. So, how it is any different if you stalked a person online from that doing it in person? How it is less of a threat because the Internet makes it easier to do? The possession of a firearm makes murder easier to do but it doesn't make murder less of a crime either. I just think some people are looking for an excuse to break the core values of civil society for the sake of some sadistic pleasure of harming another human being. /rant