> I read cperciva as criticising the commonly given justification of online abuse. Are you sure? His opening 'graph is: "It's worth noting that this is just t

> I read cperciva as criticising the commonly given justification of online abuse. Are you sure? His opening 'graph is: "It's worth noting that this is just the latest in a long series of episodes of harassment which Randi has experienced -- it's not just another case of gamers taking their competition offline, which is the most common swatting backstory I hear about these days." This seems to me to say: "This isn't a one-off incident; it's yet another terrible incident in a very long string of related harassment incidents." He goes on to say that Randi has done a huge amount of work to actively combat online abuse. I don't see where cperciva makes the claim that all online harassment is severe. (Truly, not all online harassment is severe. When my boss uses email to get on my case for overdue deliverables, that's online harassment; but it's a) minor and b) justified.) [0] :) [0] Or, look at like 80% of what happens in Eve Online for boatloads of examples of minor online harassment.