virtual murder?

a 43 year-old japanese piano teacher could be facing charges of, for lack of a better description, virtual murder. in a case seemingly out of the horrible, horrible tom cruise (i will pause here to mention that scientology is stupid. it always bears mentioning that scientology is stupid. regardless of the context or setting) movie, the minority report, this woman is actually looking at jail time for killing the digital personification of her online husband. yes. her online husband, as if this story needed to get any more confusing.

the facts are these (pushing daisies reference. cool show. watch it.)- this woman, who will hereafter be referenced in this blog as the vr trooper, was "married" to a man via an interactive online game named maple story. i've never heard of it, but apparently it's pretty popular. u make little avatars, get in relationships, fight monsters. y'know, just like real life. intense. any who, the guy met girl. then guy dumped girl suddenly and without cause. big mistake. "I was suddenly divorced - without a word of warning. That made me so angry, " said the vr trooper. she hacked into the maple story game with his password (because your wife would have the password to your life. or at least that's the impression i get from married friends) and deleted his avatar, or murdered him. it all depends how u look at it. if you're like me, you think she did the guy a favor and gave him the key with which to unlock the door to his anime porn-filled dungeon in the basement of his mother's house and escpae to the outside world where he will find sunlight, noxzema, exercise, and real women. but since what i think is immaterial, the vr trooper was arrested on suspicion of illegally accessing a computer and manipulating electronic data. she hasn't actually been charged yet but if she is can face up to five years in prison or a fine of more than $5,000.

all in all. ridiculous. shoot, if i could be tried for all the shady shit i do online. oh boy...