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"Proper Usage of 'It's Just The Internet' Ordinance"

"It's just the internet," "LOL Internets," and similar remarks are not a valid defense of trolling, spamming, making racist or homophobic statements, stalking, or bullying. These statements are also not a defense to being proven wrong by fact.

Violation of this ordinance will lead to an immediate loss of the argument, with an added punishment of being forced to read a college-level mass communications text until s/h/it recognizes the Internet is a personal communications medium.

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Corollary to the "Proper Usage of 'It's Just The Internet' Ordinance"

If "it's just the Internet" or any similar statement is invoked, one then forfeits rights to drag in Real Life. This includes but is not limited to issuing threats, or publicly mentioning the person involved's appearance, sexual orientation, religion, or lifestyle, unless any of the above is actually germane to the discussion.

Anyone in violation of this will be judged not to be an intarweb detective, but to be a stalker, and be requested to read The Gift of Fear repeatedly until s/h/it realizes that dragging Real Life into a silly internet fight makes s/h/it look really creepy.

ETA for one related suggested law. Firebad's Axiom of Green-Eyed Interweb Monsters

Allegations someone's objection to one's online behavior originated from jealousy when it obviously did not will substitute for "It's just the internet!" as an absolutely invalid defense.