Ever been driving and the person next to you wouldn't let you merge into their lane even though you had you signal light on for 5 minutes? So you give yourself some gas and force yourself self in front of that person effectively cutting them off, you feel kinda bad because you are not normally an aggressive driver but what else were you to do? The person behind you then decides they need to get into a different lane, pull up beside you, look over and give you the finger.
Aren't you brave, behind your glass windows and steel doors. I wonder if this same scenario would have happened if I were walking through a crowded mall and I inadvertently made someone upset. Would they stop me and give me the finger? Walk beside me keeping pace and give me dirty looks? No, they wouldn't, and do you know why? It's because they don't have something to hide behind, there is no barrier protecting themselves form me, there is no vehicle that will magically whisk them away so that I can't catch them.
These are brave cowards, and there are a lot of them out there, they hide behind their internet connections and computer screens, letting loose a flurry of insults and derogatory comments to anyone that looks like an easy target. They are such cowards that they will not even use their real names sometimes and use an online name such as "Rambo1234". They feel as though they are invincible as they troll forums and posts looking for someone to react to them, and they look at it as a game they get to play for fun. If you were ever to meet these people face to face they are probably the most timid and mild mannered people you have will ever meet, but online they are viscous and brutal in nature.
Other brave cowards use their vehicles as their safety net, they think they are in an impregnable force field that will save them from any wrong doings. They honk their horns continuously throughout their commute, roll the window down to swear at people, tailgate, give the finger and drive aggressively. We all have heard of road rage and maybe some of us have experienced it but I think that is a different monster. Road rage ends and you calm down eventually. Brave cowards are usually the ones that cause it in the first place.
I don't know if it's the feeling of power, or a sense that you are invincible and nobody can catch you, but online bullying happens all the time as well as bullying on the roadways. If you are one of those people who think they can't be caught think again.
You can be caught, and you will be caught eventually. Everyday there are more and more cameras being set up in the cities and more and more cars are getting dash cameras like the police have, and right now we have license plates and cell phones we can use use if you're being particularly obnoxious and there are satellites in space that can see you picking your nose.
The government, police and other internet forces can track your online presence and know the real name behind "Rambo1234" and I would imagine there is a file on you somewhere with all your online activity and all it's going to take is you upsetting the wrong person for them to open it.
You can go online and get a site to basically hack you, and they will give you a rundown of your personal online file that they have, in it you will find where you have been in the last 48 hours, all banking history, what sites you visit and for how long, what you typed, all your alias names, files and folder pictures which you thought were hidden and a lot more. Nobody is hidden from the internet. So go ahead and be a....
Brave Coward
Scott Goerz
