I went to high school with this guy. He was pretentious and self absorbed then. Still is. Had the pleasure of seeing him post my high school alumni board in the thread used for Military people to post their current whereabouts and adventures. In the middle of some guys in Iraq posting their status and catching up with old friends, this winner jumps in with a rant detailing how injured soldiers and their families deserve the pain and suffering due to their support of the war and current administration. Not a thought was given to those who may have enlisted under the previous administration. Needless to say, the group was highly disturbed, Mr. Fortuny continued to verbally spar with all who would entertain him highlight how they "didn't get it" where he did and reaffirming that those in the military deserved the wounds and deaths, further stating that they were most likely in the military due to their sub-par intelligence and inability to get a real job anyhow. And then he was banned from the forum.
I can assure you that this guy is real, as his is contact information. When telling the veterans how dumb they were he was quite proud that his personal information was easy to find with a little research (clearly confident that military grunts are too stupid to work google for anything beyond sports scores and porn) and welcomed anyone to come visit him. This was, of course, coupled with the comment that if he were to get his ass beat by a military man this would prove how primitive and honorless they are. Well, as a military man myself, I think I can handle the loss of status in his eyes in exchange for a few minutes of showing him what uneducated people get taught to do with their hands. (Bestill your comments on how right that may make him. Some comments are unforgivable.)
This is a common theme with Mr. Fortuny, in my observations. I'm not sure if it's a lashing out at the world for some wrong he experienced or if this is the typical reaction of someone who gets stomped on IRL so he flexes his muscles and works his agressions virtually. Either way his actions are inexcusable. I really would have thought this guy would have come much further in the 10 years since high school.
As for the legal ramifications, IANAL but, isn't the lone fact that he attained all these emails disguised as someone else a huge factor? Reminds me of grifters, con artists and black mailers.
It does appear, at the very least, that Jason violated the TOS with Craigslist.com: "You agree to NOT use the Service to:
Upload, post or otherwise transmit any Content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive to another's privacy (up to, but not excluding any address, email, phone number, or any other contact information without the written consent of the owner of such information), hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable."
I think this would be an easy civil trial. But the next week or so should be the most interesting as Jason, our mutual friends and, evidently, his downstairs neighbor all wait to see what sort of truely deranged and violent person would respond to an ad like that. Thoughts?
This is a bit of a double edged sword here....
First off, I think we'll have to start a pool on who will be the first to put a McD's or Tacobell in space. With the development of cheap, inflatable "space stations" already being talked about, it will only be a matter of time before Virgin is approached by someone to include a "rest stop" at the top of the route. Granted, this will come when the tourist ships start entering a higher orbit, and I don't think anyone will pay $200 for a whopper, so we'll most likely see a 5 star type establishment. But it doesn't matter. Consumerism will be the first step into space once regular trips are being made.
Absurd you say? Do a little research on how luxurious and decadent the first Zeplins were.
So we'll see that, followed by gift shops, and not much longer after that.... BILLBOARDS. Soon, the stars will be a memory. This is a bit on the extreme side, but I'd put money on some form of the above being a reality within the next decade or two.
After reading this by fireboy1919:
"It's a excellent opportunity to provide a considerable drain on the earth's resources for one's own benefit over a very brief period of time while at the same time producing absolutely nothing to benefit society."
It brings up a good point... This will be the play toy of the rich for a while. But it's a nessesary evil. They'll pump money into the system, supporting developments and creating an industry. Once it becomes less of a new thing and more affordable we will look back upon this as the Airlines look back on their predecesors. Awe inspiring and unattainable at first... now a common thing in life.
The events we are watching today will be the stepping stones to colonization, space mining, energy harvesting.
Now all we have to do it get the damn Space Elevator built. http://www.liftport.com/ (liftport.com)
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Oh no, I'm not falling for that. Next we'll have to read about how /. users got duped and had all their personal data posted on digg.
See my post. He's real alright. And really that full of himself.
I went to high school with this guy. He was pretentious and self absorbed then. Still is.
Had the pleasure of seeing him post my high school alumni board in the thread used for Military people to post their current whereabouts and adventures. In the middle of some guys in Iraq posting their status and catching up with old friends, this winner jumps in with a rant detailing how injured soldiers and their families deserve the pain and suffering due to their support of the war and current administration. Not a thought was given to those who may have enlisted under the previous administration.
Needless to say, the group was highly disturbed, Mr. Fortuny continued to verbally spar with all who would entertain him highlight how they "didn't get it" where he did and reaffirming that those in the military deserved the wounds and deaths, further stating that they were most likely in the military due to their sub-par intelligence and inability to get a real job anyhow.
And then he was banned from the forum.
I can assure you that this guy is real, as his is contact information. When telling the veterans how dumb they were he was quite proud that his personal information was easy to find with a little research (clearly confident that military grunts are too stupid to work google for anything beyond sports scores and porn) and welcomed anyone to come visit him. This was, of course, coupled with the comment that if he were to get his ass beat by a military man this would prove how primitive and honorless they are.
Well, as a military man myself, I think I can handle the loss of status in his eyes in exchange for a few minutes of showing him what uneducated people get taught to do with their hands. (Bestill your comments on how right that may make him. Some comments are unforgivable.)
This is a common theme with Mr. Fortuny, in my observations. I'm not sure if it's a lashing out at the world for some wrong he experienced or if this is the typical reaction of someone who gets stomped on IRL so he flexes his muscles and works his agressions virtually. Either way his actions are inexcusable. I really would have thought this guy would have come much further in the 10 years since high school.
As for the legal ramifications, IANAL but, isn't the lone fact that he attained all these emails disguised as someone else a huge factor? Reminds me of grifters, con artists and black mailers.
It does appear, at the very least, that Jason violated the TOS with Craigslist.com:
"You agree to NOT use the Service to:
Upload, post or otherwise transmit any Content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive to another's privacy (up to, but not excluding any address, email, phone number, or any other contact information without the written consent of the owner of such information), hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable."
I think this would be an easy civil trial. But the next week or so should be the most interesting as Jason, our mutual friends and, evidently, his downstairs neighbor all wait to see what sort of truely deranged and violent person would respond to an ad like that.
Thoughts?
This is a bit of a double edged sword here.... First off, I think we'll have to start a pool on who will be the first to put a McD's or Tacobell in space. With the development of cheap, inflatable "space stations" already being talked about, it will only be a matter of time before Virgin is approached by someone to include a "rest stop" at the top of the route. Granted, this will come when the tourist ships start entering a higher orbit, and I don't think anyone will pay $200 for a whopper, so we'll most likely see a 5 star type establishment. But it doesn't matter. Consumerism will be the first step into space once regular trips are being made. Absurd you say? Do a little research on how luxurious and decadent the first Zeplins were. So we'll see that, followed by gift shops, and not much longer after that.... BILLBOARDS. Soon, the stars will be a memory. This is a bit on the extreme side, but I'd put money on some form of the above being a reality within the next decade or two. After reading this by fireboy1919: "It's a excellent opportunity to provide a considerable drain on the earth's resources for one's own benefit over a very brief period of time while at the same time producing absolutely nothing to benefit society." It brings up a good point... This will be the play toy of the rich for a while. But it's a nessesary evil. They'll pump money into the system, supporting developments and creating an industry. Once it becomes less of a new thing and more affordable we will look back upon this as the Airlines look back on their predecesors. Awe inspiring and unattainable at first... now a common thing in life. The events we are watching today will be the stepping stones to colonization, space mining, energy harvesting. Now all we have to do it get the damn Space Elevator built. http://www.liftport.com/ (liftport.com)