My friend Rick over at The Real Ugly American emailed me this story last night that he's written about on his blog. He has the full details of the original story, which you can read there, but to make a long story short:
A woman lost her camera in Hawaii and created a blog using flicker photos to recreate the photo memories contained on the lost camera. The camera is found and when she contacts the people who found it? They don't give it back. Eventually she gets CD's of the photos that were on her camera but the family that found it is claiming their 9 year old son who has diabetes is "attached" to the camera.
Here's where it gets interesting, according to the Museum of Hoaxes it appears the story is probably true and not a hoax. A blogger named Anil Dash blogged about it and then Boing Boing picked up the story and it got to the point that the woman had to shut off comments.
Why? Let's think about this for a second (and throw in the family is Canadian and she is in the US). It's really jerky of them to not return the camera but this is just a few of the comments that were made:
Please PLEASE post all of their information on your site! I will be happy to post all of this information on my site as well... let's humiliate those Cannuck scumbags!
Give the kid a bar of chocolate and wait until the fat bastard passes out. Then take the camera back.
I am currently praying for her 9-yr old to die via a slow and painful death.
I hope the little f*cker goes into a coma and dies.
I suggest contacting people who live there, traveling there even, and especcially RELEASING THEIR NAMES SO I CAN KILL THEM!
There were more but I think you get the idea, of course not all of the comments were like this and a few I guess must have been pretty bad because they were deleted. Many people felt making their contact information public was not the right thing to do as well as a few made offers to purchase her a new camera. I've seen this type of "blog rage" before and it never ceases to amaze me how people can get so bent out of shape about a story that doesn't affect them personally to the point where they would wish death or injury on a 9 year old over a camera. If the Museum of Hoax is right about who "Judith" really is? Let's hope that this doesn't turn out to be just a story to see how the blogosphere would react.
I'll leave you with another one of the comments from the thread on the Lost Camera Blog:
I guess the moral of this story is: be careful who you piss off: they might have a blog.
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11 comments:
Interesting story. I wonder why she can't just call the local cops?
She has contacted the police in Canada or that's what she's written on her blog, but that was going slowly with her being in the US.
Now that the media is picking up the story I guess we'll find out if the story is true? Will they return the camera....
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Blog Rage? First there's Road Rage and the Postal Rage, now Blog Rage?
I swear I'm starting to believe the theory that why this country has all these rages. Which is, since there hasn't been a big war for the country to get behind since World War Two. The Korean War wasn't noticed by the majority of this country, the Vietnam War has little to no support, the two Middle Eastern wars that we are in haven't helped the country to be unified, and all the little battles between then and now that good men and women have given their lives in but don't count as wars. So, without a common enemy to fight, the people of this country, especially the young, get into these rages. So is the theory.
Most of the blog rages are mostly harmless. Yes, they are threatening but people who post those comments will forget about it in a day after they see their favorite sports teams lose and they yell at the TV while drinking beer. The ones to look out for are the ones who don't post and act. Scary thing to thing about, but such is life.
I had to laugh to read those comments. (Never said I was a saint) It's just people blowing off steam and thinking that they are making a difference. It was equaled to an ECW (Extreme Champingship Wrestling) event where the crowd shouts nasty things at the wrestler they don't like. In the end, it all a show.
As to why a people would post the death of a nine year old; it's human nature to be evil and wrong. People suck. That has been a theme with me the last few posts, if you haven't noticed.
Though the Canadian family was wrong, the lady got her pictures and it's only a camera. Sure I would be pissed about it, but to take the time and energy to blog it and call the Canadian police is a bit much even for me.
On a completely different note, I am much better and it doesn't hurt to type now.
I'm glad you are doing better, I think I have lost the battle of the mind that I am not going to get sick. My temp is up and my throat is hurting way beyond what a normal cold/virus will do.
yes...I think I have the dreaded Strep...Now it will be time to play the ever popular "dial a drug" to see which antibiotic will work for me.
I agree with you that it's just harmless ranting, but I still find the concept of wishing death upon a 9 year old a bit silly when it's over a camera. Thankfully Judith had the sense not to list the people's contact information as I've seen the kind of "blog frenzy" (yep another new word for ya) happen when that is done.
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That depends on how much of an investment the camera was compared to her ability to replace it. If she spent her life savings on that trip to Hawaii and that camera as in dream-fulfillment, then I could understand. Anybody steals anything worth $500 from me and it's a big deal. Am I going to risk my life for it? Probably not, but call the cops, certainly, blog about it, probably now that I have the chance, threaten the life of anyone, let alone a child, hell no! Then again, she wasn't the one making that threat.
Sorry, I had a point in there somewhere...
I think her main issue was the loss of the photos since that could not be replaced. Then even though she did finally get the pictures sent to her on a CD, the way they refused to give it back added insult to injury.
People have offered to replace the camera for her, she didn't want that so I'm not sure how much of it was the monetary cost or the fact that the right thing to do would have been to return the camera or at least the memory cards as she asked for.
I got your point Stephanie and it was well taken. Even with a fever no less.
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Yes, this does seem like "it's the principle of the thing" sort of thing. As if a camera can "make up" for diabetes anyway. If it was really that important (to the parents) they could buy their son a camera.
But, that's not to get into the situation. The only couple I know in Canada would not do that...besides, they don't have children.
For me the message the parents are sending is really wrong. "It's okay to keep something that doesn't belong to you because you are" ____ fill in the blank....
Granted I don't know how severe his disease is but even if he were terminal that doesn't seem to me to be a message I'd want my children to believe.
Special needs do not justify this by any means. I admit to "spoiling" Willy compared to what requests I'd normally grant to a child, but that's because Willy relates to this world almost entirely through material objects and we NEVER condone stealing. We've had troubles with it, but he ALWAYS has to give it back and then "earn" something similiar of his own through good behavior.
I understand the parents' temptation in this, but their child's disability does not justify it.
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