Girls Aloud celebrity murder blogs
The internet never ceases to amaze in its propensity for giving a voice to the most extreme examples of humanity.
A court case has just finished which saw a formal civil servant cleared of obscenity over a charming tribute piece he wrote about harmless pop group Girls Aloud.
Darryn Walker, 35, of South Shields, South Tyneside, was charged under the Obscene Publications Act after the blog appeared on a fantasy pornography site.
The story concerned, and there's no way of dressing this up really, involved descriptions of, and I quote from the blog: "the rape torture and mutilation of five of the sexiest girls in pop today."
There is a disclaimer which gives warning to anyone who has happened across the site by accident: "The following is a work of erotic/sadistic fantasy set in a world in which women are disposable sex objects that exist solely for the pleasure of men. It contains themes of extreme sexism, misogyny, torture, rape, mutilation, dismemberment, murder, execution and male supremacy over women."
Anyway Darryn got off because his defence argued the blog could only be found by those looking for specific material.
Mr Walker's 12-page blog - Girls (Scream) Aloud - was brought to the attention of police by the Internet Watch Foundation, an organisation for the public and IT professionals which polices potentially obscene material.
The courts also heard that Mr Walker had lost his job since his arrest.
The blog itself...well suffice to say each member of the group is visited in turn.
The web certainly allows all kinds of wackos to indulge the darkest corners of their personalities and meet like minded people.
And, amazingly the internet also seems to prove that nothing is too weird, far out and downright strange for there not to be a thriving community glorying in it.
Perhaps we should get the people who fantasize about murder together with groups which fantasize about killing people who fantasize about murder and see what happens. Whatever the outcome is, there will be web denizens with an unhealthy interest in the results.
Below: Girls Aloud, thankfully not screaming.
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Ben Hurst
You seem to have an unhealthy knowledge of the contents of this deeply offensive blog. Read it for research purposes no doubt.
Sadly the internet has provided a place for all sorts of weird and wacky people to publish their thoughts which, in years gone by, would have stayed deeply embedded in their own minds or on pieces of scrap paper torn from notepads. It brings up an interesting debate - free speech is a beautiful thing and an absolute right. Sadly those of us who support the idea are tarnished when it means someone is free to write such degrading material. I suppose the upshot is that at least the public postings on the internet mean it is easier to track such individuals