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Although the Internet has a degree of anonymity, the social and psychological damage of one-sided malicious attacks is incalculable. The fact that the police are taking action this time is highly sign

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Konan University Prof Hisashi Sonoda, an expert on Internet crime and criminal law, commenting on a case in which 20 people face charges for posting malicious messages on a comedian's blog. (Yomiuri Shimbun)

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is incalculable

Actually no. Everything is calcuable. Police are taking action because the person who complained has lots of money.

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Hilarious! Comedian goes to great lengths to show he takes things too seriously. I nominate him for Best Ironist 2009.

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incalculable.

I disagree with neverknow2 - Everything is not calculable. I also disagree with the suggestion that the type of damage caused as per the article is not calculable.

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the social and psychological damage of one-sided malicious attacks is incalculable

Really?? Social damage??? What social damage? Remember 'sticks and stones.....'

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Hmm, would they do the same if the comments were in spray paint, on a wall near the guy's house?

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Malicious messages? It was slander, and there are laws against it. The mode of the internet hardly makes it less criminal.

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