Online feud leads to cross-country arson vendetta

John Anderson and Russell Tavares were two of the millions of people who get drawn into pointless, stupid arguments over the Internet every day. Anderson even went so far as to call Tavares a "nerd" and Photoshop an image of him portraying him as such. So naturally Tavares drove 1,300 miles and then burned Anderson's trailer down. He was sentenced to seven years in prison. (AOL news)


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