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First, read: Slashdot | Death Threats In the Blogosphere and Kathy Sierra’s take on it here.  Reading this just plain shocked the hell out of me.  I read this story from all sides, and you can, too, by clicking around.  It doesn’t change the fact that some people go too far.  WAY too far.  Ms. Sierra, a prominent author, is getting death threats for… um… being an author.  For having a web presence.  For trying to help developers.  WTF?!  The anonymity the Internet grants you does not give you the right to be an ass for the sake of being an ass.  Events like this will, long term, cause more legislation removing your privacy. In short, if you disagree with someone’s blog and you aren’t adult enough to do so with some semblance of intelligence and without resorting to threats of violence or rape, then you should immediately unplug all electronics in your home and find a shed to live in out in the woods somewhere, because you are not fit to interact with humanity in any venue.