Remember the fat star wars kid? Well he is in mental ward...
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Remember the fat star wars kid? Well he is in mental ward...
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,59757,00.html
Star Wars Kid Files Lawsuit
Wired News Report Page 1 of 1
12:33 PM Jul. 24, 2003 PT
The parents of the infamous "Star Wars Kid" are suing classmates who posted a humiliating video of their son on the Net, according to Canada's Globe and Mail.
Quebec teenager Ghyslian Raza was the target of worldwide mockery when a private video he made of himself practicing his lightsaber moves was uploaded to the Net by kids at his school.
Now his parents are claiming damages of $160,000 from the families of the four classmates who digitized and published the video. Ghyslain's parents claim their son was so humiliated, he is undergoing psychiatric care and may be marked for life by the experience.
Ghyslain's video was posted to the Kazaa file-sharing network in the spring.
The two-minute video shows an overweight teenager fighting a mock battle with a golf-ball retriever doubling as a lightsaber. The teenager twirls the "lightsaber" ever more energetically while generating his own sound effects. It is obviously not for public consumption.
Ghyslain was so teased about the video, he dropped out of school and finished the semester at a children's psychiatric ward, according to a lawsuit filed in the Raza's hometown of Trois-Rivi?res, Quebec.
According to the suit, "Ghyslain had to endure, and still endures today, harassment and derision from his high-school mates and the public at large." He "will be under psychiatric care for an indefinite amount of time."
The suit suggests that the ordeal may cause Ghyslain to be labeled as "mentally ill," and the stigma could make it difficult for him to enroll in school or get a job, and may force him to change his name.
Ghyslain's story was reported by media outlets internationally. Angered at the cruel remarks made about Ghyslain online, a pair of webloggers raised money to buy the teenager an Apple iPod.
Andy Baio of Waxy.org and Jish Mukerji of Jish.nu raised more than $4,300 from 421 separate donations.
"The outpouring of support has been staggering, far beyond what I ever expected," wrote Baio on his site. "Geeks like us need to stick together."
A petition to get Ghyslain a part in the next Star Wars movie has been signed by more than 16,000 people.
None of the parties involved in the suit are speaking to reporters, according to the Globe and Mail. Wired News was unable to contact the Razas' lawyer for comment.
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Does any one have a link to that video again? Ya kind sux for the kid but if he weren't so fat and wouldn't have tripped it would have been kinda cool
Star Wars Kid Files Lawsuit
Wired News Report Page 1 of 1
12:33 PM Jul. 24, 2003 PT
The parents of the infamous "Star Wars Kid" are suing classmates who posted a humiliating video of their son on the Net, according to Canada's Globe and Mail.
Quebec teenager Ghyslian Raza was the target of worldwide mockery when a private video he made of himself practicing his lightsaber moves was uploaded to the Net by kids at his school.
Now his parents are claiming damages of $160,000 from the families of the four classmates who digitized and published the video. Ghyslain's parents claim their son was so humiliated, he is undergoing psychiatric care and may be marked for life by the experience.
Ghyslain's video was posted to the Kazaa file-sharing network in the spring.
The two-minute video shows an overweight teenager fighting a mock battle with a golf-ball retriever doubling as a lightsaber. The teenager twirls the "lightsaber" ever more energetically while generating his own sound effects. It is obviously not for public consumption.
Ghyslain was so teased about the video, he dropped out of school and finished the semester at a children's psychiatric ward, according to a lawsuit filed in the Raza's hometown of Trois-Rivi?res, Quebec.
According to the suit, "Ghyslain had to endure, and still endures today, harassment and derision from his high-school mates and the public at large." He "will be under psychiatric care for an indefinite amount of time."
The suit suggests that the ordeal may cause Ghyslain to be labeled as "mentally ill," and the stigma could make it difficult for him to enroll in school or get a job, and may force him to change his name.
Ghyslain's story was reported by media outlets internationally. Angered at the cruel remarks made about Ghyslain online, a pair of webloggers raised money to buy the teenager an Apple iPod.
Andy Baio of Waxy.org and Jish Mukerji of Jish.nu raised more than $4,300 from 421 separate donations.
"The outpouring of support has been staggering, far beyond what I ever expected," wrote Baio on his site. "Geeks like us need to stick together."
A petition to get Ghyslain a part in the next Star Wars movie has been signed by more than 16,000 people.
None of the parties involved in the suit are speaking to reporters, according to the Globe and Mail. Wired News was unable to contact the Razas' lawyer for comment.
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Does any one have a link to that video again? Ya kind sux for the kid but if he weren't so fat and wouldn't have tripped it would have been kinda cool
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Ok, seriously try using this:Sickliquid86 wrote:does anyone have a link to the video?
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or this
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that would involve me doing working and using commonsense why the hell would i ever want to do thatOk, seriously try using this:
or this
okay sorry like I said I am not really up to date on what happens here, I just though it was interesting
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Quall wrote:Is there a site hosting the video, or is kazaa the only place to get it? lmao
Nyarlathotep wrote:Ok, seriously try using this:Sickliquid86 wrote:does anyone have a link to the video?
Search
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http://www.jedimaster.net/swk_videos.htm
is it just me or is all the more funny because he is quebecois?
is it just me or is all the more funny because he is quebecois?
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mortal kombat one is pretty good. I dont get why this kid is so messed up I mean he isnt such an ugly guy or anything if he just stopped being so damn fat and leaving tapes around of himself doing starwars moves he might be cool I seriously think he needs to take a chill pill. Why the hell would he being suing someone if HE was the one who left the video hanging around, it is like if I sued somebody for finding a picture I drew and left out and posting it on kazaaahaha i thought there were only 4!!!
w00t! got lots of watchin ahead of me
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Ive been made fun of b4 it dont need to sue people from my school to make it stop. He should beat the crap out of the kids that did it to him with his mad light saber skills. Anyways Mark Discordia doesn't sue and everyone makes fun of him on the neti think the lawsuit came about because people were making fun of him
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who's everyone? i've never heard of mark outside of these boardsSickliquid86 wrote:Ive been made fun of b4 it dont need to sue people from my school to make it stop. He should beat the crap out of the kids that did it to him with his mad light saber skills. Anyways Mark Discordia doesn't sue and everyone makes fun of him on the neti think the lawsuit came about because people were making fun of him
besides, mark never got as much publicity out of the internet that star wars kid got
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ummm seanbaby.com, type in mark discordia on google you will see what I mean just look around there are tons of people who trash on discordia online there are whole message boards about himwho's everyone? i've never heard of mark outside of these boards
besides, mark never got as much publicity out of the internet that star wars kid got