Virtual Justice

I read on PCWorld.com that the Chinese dude who killed that other Chinese dude over a virtual sword in an online game finally had his sentence handed down.  You can read the story here…

http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,121299/article.html

It’s cool.  I’ll wait.  It won’t take you long.

Now that we’re caught up, here are the list of things that are funny about this story.

1.) “Shanghai Number 2 Intermediate People’s Court”  Where do I begin?  First, “Number 2″ court?  Are we sure that Number 2 court is the place to be trying murder cases?  Shouldn’t Number 2 court be reserved for cases involving your neighbor’s dog or Najeh Davenport?  

Moving on.  Intermediate court?  Does this mean it’s a little better than Beginner’s court but not quite as good as Advanced court?  Or does this tie together with Number 2, where this court handles intermediate, uh,  loads?

And People’s Court?  Did Judge Wapner decide this case?  Was this on TV and I missed it?

2.) “death sentence with a two-year reprieve”  So if he’s good for two years then they don’t really kill him?  And he could get out in 15 years?  What is this, the army or prison?  I guess these are the kinds of sentences that are doled out in Intermediate Court.  Advanced Court would have done it right and given him the chair.  And do they tell the other prisoners about this two-year reprieve?  If they do, it must be open season on this guy.  The other virtual sword murderers can start all kinds of shit with him without fear of reprisal. 

3.) A guy killed another guy over some magnetic entries on a hard drive some where.  Not funny so much as sad.  He should have just virtually stabbed him.  Then he probably would have only been sent to virtual Legend of Mir Doodie Beginner’s Judge Judy Court instead.

Good times.