This story brings a whole new meaning to the term "flame war."
Russell Tavares got mad when someone mocked him as a "nerd" over the Internet,
climbed into his car and drove 1,300 miles from Virginia to Texas. He recorded
his progress by posting photos online showing welcome signs at several state's
borders. Then he burned down the other guy's trailer.
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The feud started when Mr. Anderson, who runs a haunted house
attraction near Waco, joined a picture-sharing Web site and posted his artwork
and political views. After he blocked some people from his page because of
insults and foul language, they retaliated by making obscene digitally altered
pictures of him, he said.
Mr. Anderson, who went by the screen name
"Johnny Darkness," traded barbs with Mr. Tavares, a.k.a. "PyroDice."
Investigators say Mr. Tavares boiled over when Mr. Anderson called
him a nerd and posted a digitally altered photo making Mr. Tavares look like a
skinny boy in high-water pants, holding a gun and a laptop under the words
"Revenge of the Nerds."
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