Gaia Online, the online playing game/forum, fielded its very first trial of an Non-Playing Character with the users as jurors. The storyline, as it stands, has the oldest NPC in Gaia, Ian (the guy who mans the first shop in Barton Town), accused of a crime of arson so now I present the one steaming pile of wank that is "The Trial of Ian" Forum.

Some sample wanky threads:

• The main thread which became a banner fest of threats. "Ian is Innocent!!!OMG!111" and "I hate Ianz!11" are very prominent. Banners, breaking Godwin's Law several times as well as...well, is there a law against use of religion/religious references?
  
• You voted innocent, then you are a Noob!
  
• Vote guilty for the sake of the storyline. In which everyone is so serious in explaining their stances and people argue like Ian is a real person.
  
• IAN FOR PRESIDENT? (Caps not mine.) Buh? This isn't an election, it's a trial.

Whenever called for jackass-sery or logic, many posters would accuse the other party of Being Too Serious. Is there an Internet law that says that accusations of Being Too Serious would immediately lose the argument? If not, there should be.

EDIT: for grammar booboos.