The story of Nevada and her cult represents everything that's wrong with the Internet in one neat, linear package.
The Internet does not forgive. Friendship, politeness, and dignity may be seen on it once in a while, but to create them takes effort that many people do not understand. Lo, e-mail uses informal speech. Why didn't we adopt the standard, polite rules of letter-writing? We write to strangers as if they were friends. Why do we do this?
The Internet has no rules. Its anarchy has been a recognized and hallowed concept since the days of USENET. There's no law against tasteless jokes, or personal attacks, or violent Flash movies. Freedom of speech, right? The nature of our network tempts thinking men and innocent children alike with the promise of being able to speak their minds without fear of consequences, and to pursue their interests without fear of retribution.
If you can't meet in person, advertise on the Web. Could you be a furry? Learn more about our fandom! Discover interests you never even knew you had, or previously did not want to share with anyone! Perverts of the world, unite; you have nothing to lose but your restraints!
The Internet is merely a computer network. There's nothing about it that requires you to run a public diary where you insult your friends. There's nothing about it that requires you to visit violent websites. There's nothing about it that requires you to draw pictures of a preteen murderer. There's nothing about it that requires you to read her story. In fact, if you want, you can use it simply as a fast form of letter-writing, and communicate only with people you actually know. But what's the fun in that? This is the World Wide Web. You can make friends from all over the world! So please, go ahead and write in your LiveJournals, and post to your forums. Say what you want to say about that rude customer you dealt with today. Welcome to the fastest-growing method of communication in the world.
We're going somewhere fast, that's for sure.