i'm sure you all remember him. he was the guy who made the fiction section part of our collective and collaborative editorial misery some years ago at kuro5hin. obviously though, i have no interest in his fiction or his silly forays into trolling.

predictably, it's been his commentary on trolling that's caught my attention. mr. williams frequently equates online trolling with bullying, sociopathy, and violent crime in the real world. at first the comparison seems outlandish, but on reflection, something kind of rings true about it.

so i thought i would turn his equation around. rather than using the analogy to attack trolling, i figure, since i enjoy trolling online so much, i would probably get even more of a charge out of the real life activities localroger talks about, so i decided to investigate. my findings within: