More Internet stuff

Hey. I wanted to post more on the IMing. Before, I showed you some IM symbols that are commonly used in IMing, but right now, I wanted to note how people IM with each other. I'm sure that you have heard about the stories about people getting physically harmed because of their horrible actions on the Internet. The media blows that problem up to a size that is more alarming then the actual numbers. That doesn't mean, however, that you can go to chatrooms, and expect lots of church-style respect for one another. I have been to a computer chatroom once, and was so suprised at the nerve of some of those people. It was actually creepy. I left within 2 minutes of entering. It was creepy. People say the worst things, because they figure that they don't know the people, so it shouldn't make a difference how they treat their fellow chatters. It is horrible. It is also couwardly. It makes you think: these people probably could not get away with saying the things that they say if they were to say them in real life, so they figure that they can just say it on-line and they will never be bothered by the people again. Actually it is a crime that you can go to JAIL for!!!! It is called cyber-bullying. That is not the legal name, but the "street name". Well, anyway, it's very bad!