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Blogger Stabbed To Death After Internet Abuse Seminar (theguardian.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the irony-at-its-worst dept.

A prominent Japanese blogger has been stabbed to death minutes after giving a seminar on how to resolve personal disputes on the internet. The Guardian reports: Media reports said Kenichiro Okamoto, better known by his blogger name Hagex, died on Sunday evening after reportedly being attacked by a man he had argued with online. The suspect, Hidemitsu Matsumoto, allegedly followed Okamoto into the toilets after he had ended his talk at a venue in the south-western city of Fukuoka.

Okamoto was stabbed several times before staggering out of the toilets after his assailant, who fled on a bicycle, according to the Mainichi Shimbun newspaper. Okamoto, who sustained stab wounds to the chest and neck, was taken to hospital where he was confirmed dead. His attacker reportedly handed himself in almost three hours after the attack.

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  1. I must have read this right when it came out. by grep+-v+'.*'+* · · Score: 5, Insightful

    stabbed to death minutes after giving a seminar on how to resolve personal disputes on the internet.

    Not to be snarky here, but my first thought after reading this was "So I guess that's exactly NOT what you should do, huh?" (Sorry to be morbid.)

    At least the guy turned himself in soon afterwards. But he bothered the guy online, even kept making new IDs to hassle the guy after the previous one was disabled.

    What the hell is wrong with people? "Someone's wrong on the internet / in life and it's my duty / job / addiction to permanently correct them? Get over yourself and come up with a better argument. Make them come over to your side instead. Hell, maybe you'll even learn something yourself.

    Winston Churchill: A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.

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    If the universe is someone's simulation -- does that mean the stars are just stuck pixels?
    1. Re:I must have read this right when it came out. by Pinky's+Brain · · Score: 5, Interesting

      Could just be a twist on the classic stalker, who thinks he didn't get the attention he deserved from his target. Less about the concrete difference of opinions, but the fact that he thought he deserved replies.

  2. The tally is up to 3 now... by fibonacci8 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Relevant XKCD

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    Inheritance is the sincerest form of nepotism.
  3. Hey ladies! by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 5, Funny

    For your information, I give seminars on how to avoid crazy sex with multiple gorgeous women.

    Hint hint...

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    "A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
    1. Re:Hey ladies! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Unfortunately, your are still getting stabbed. The only thing changes is by whom.

  4. Wrong assumption by sinij · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Deceased made wrong assumption - that you could resolve arguments and reach understanding with all people. This is just not true.

    Additionally, Internet is unlike person-to-person communication in a way that you don't screen your audience for sanity and you don't get non-verbal clues giving you an early warning that someone is about to blow the lid.

    More so, once people made up their mind it is virtually impossible to change their mind with logic. People change their behavior and convictions due to pain (social or otherwise) and not due to being convinced by evidence and reason.

    As such, the only rational approach to online and social media discourse is to act pseudonymously and acrimoniously.