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Non Gaming Discussions => Off-Topic => Topic started by: Ginko on July 26, 2003, 09:06:13 AM
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Don\'t know if you guys have been here yet.
It\'s the absolute funniest thing...EVAR!
http://www.jedimaster.net
Mods, feel free to get rid of it if this is a repeat.
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:D
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This has been brought up a couple of times before. :)
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Here\'s an interesting read:
MONTREAL — The parents of Ghyslain Raza, the Quebec teenager who became a celebrity this spring after classmates posted on the Internet a video of him mimicking a Star Wars character, allege that their son was so humiliated by the experience that he had to get psychiatric care.
The revelation is made in a lawsuit his parents have filed against the families of four classmates they accuse of maliciously turning their son into an object of mockery.
The video of Ghyslain, a portly 15-year-old pretending he is wielding a double-bladed light sabre, has been downloaded millions of times from several Web sites, which dubbed him Star Wars Kid.
Many other pranksters have created their own versions of the clip, with added video effects and sounds. One has him moving at fast-forward speed to goofy music from the Benny Hill Show. Other parodies were made with unflattering titles, such as Dork Clones, or mixed in with sounds of flatulence.
In a statement of claim filed last week in their home town of Trois-Rivières, the Razas say that Ghyslain was so widely mocked at his private high school that he dropped out.
He had to finish the session at Pavillon Arc-en-ciel, a ward specializing in child psychiatry at the Trois-Rivières Regional Hospital Centre.
Ghyslain "will be under psychiatric care for an indefinite amount of time," the statement of claim says.
"The stigma of mental illness can generate social prejudices having severe consequences" on the young man, including making it more difficult for him to enroll in the school of his choice or get a job, or even forcing him to change his name, the document added.
"Ghyslain had to endure, and still endures today, harassment and derision from his high-school mates and the public at large," it said.
The story has appeared in newspapers around the world, from the New York Times to the New Zealand Herald.
The Razas are now seeking $225,000 in damages from the parents of four teenagers: Michaël Caron, François Labarre, Jérôme Laflamme and Jean-Michel Rheault.
They say the four stole the video from a school filing cabinet where Ghyslain had stored a video camera he was using for a student project.
The lawsuit says the four young men then digitized the video before sending it out on the Internet in April, with messages inviting people to make insulting remarks about it.
The statement of claim includes lengthy excerpts that it says come from Internet chats in May between the pranksters.
Complete with misspellings, bad grammar and cyber-style acronyms, the exchanges are used in the statement of claim as evidence that the boys lacked remorse. They also brag in them that they evaded attempts by school officials to find the culprits behind Ghyslain\'s misfortunes.
Ghyslain\'s parents and lawyers would not speak to reporters yesterday. The parents of the defendants either did not answer calls or refused to comment because the dispute was before the courts.
While the video of Ghyslain\'s antics generated some derisive Internet comments, others felt bad and started raising money for him. One group collected more than $3,000 (U.S.), which they used to buy him an Apple iPod portable music player.
In the excerpts from Internet chats filed in court, the four appear to be plotting ways to get the gifts sent to another address so they can keep the iPod for themselves.
http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030723.uboyyn/BNStory/National/
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His name is Ghyslain Raza.
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Yes it is, strange name eh?
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First of all, his parents should also be sued for giving him that name. Secondly, someone collected 3 grand and bought him an Ipod.....????
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His name sounds like it comes straight out of Star Wars.
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Sounds like it came straight out my ass.
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jedimaster.net i think is the site that raised the money and gave him the laptop. I kind of feel bad for the kid though that he\'s getting all this negative attention toward him. I didn\'t know it went this deep.
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At least he\'s famous. It\'s the American dream.
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I don\'t think he wanted to be famous this way though. I mean, he\'s famous because everyone is making fun of him.
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Pretty imaginative....
(https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jedimaster.net%2Fblackknight_star_wars_kid.gif&hash=0735d71d681c9cd2e5d61088c4b22b5ad04c6398)
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Well, he\'s got more then he bargained for thats for sure. He\'s been mentioned in quite a few gossip rags down here, including NW, which is pretty much Australia\'s version of National Enquirer. They totally took the piss outta him.
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They totally took the piss outta him.
What exactly does that mean?
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I\'m trying to figure out the same thing tetrad.
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I was thinking.
Now if someone took the piss outa me I would be gratefull, yeah?
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Originally posted by Tetrad
I was thinking.
Now if someone took the piss outa me I would be gratefull, yeah?
Depends on how they took the piss out. I mean, if they stuck a vacuum or something up there, then I wouldn\'t be gratefull.
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Did you know that a man was masturbating with a vacuum cleaner and the thing that chops the dust and stuff up cut his dick off.
I think i read it in Darwin Awards #2.
To take the piss out means to totally rag on them, ie, make fun, humiliate etc.
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It must be just a UK/Aussie saying Racer.
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Originally posted by Kurt Angle
It must be just a UK/Aussie saying Racer.
Pfft, even I know what it means. And I\'m not even a native English speaker.
Now I\'ll go have a fag. ;)
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Originally posted by SwifDi
Sounds like it came straight out my ass.
This coming from a man whos name sounds like hes got haemorrhoids.
SwifDi = the real :ghey: Mister.
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stupid that site this thread and my life all stupid.