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Master_Jay · 02-09-2005, 12:56 PM

Many of you might be familiar with this crisis that occured to a 15 year old boy 2 years ago(Now he's 17).

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.

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.

Yes, we've all had our dorky, private moments, but this poor kid is living the nightmare of having his private dorkiness projected across the world to giggling Web users.

I'm not sure if I'm allowed to show the videos at the SFO Official forum, but I will anyway XP. I found a lot of them on the net and found them quite hilarious (I almost cried from laughter), so I'll share them with the fellow members of the XvsSF/SFO community.

The Original

http://www.screamingpickle.com/members....kid.wmv

Edited Versions

http://www.jedimaster.net/matrix_agents.htm
http://bulk.fasthost.tv/ -Click "bulk Hulk"
http://www.jedimaster.net/the_birds.htm
http://www.cycletours.com.au/SWK/
http://www.jedimaster.net/bravekid.htm
http://mysite.verizon.net/vze3nvj6/swk/undercover.html
http://chase.television-series.com/main_Copy_1.html
http://punisher.reallyrules.com/
http://ouatim.web1000.com/
http://www.jedimaster.net/pimp_remix.htm
http://www.swkvsthedrones.wmv
http://www.tensonic.com/
http://www.jedimaster.net/little_china.htm
http://www.waxy.org/archive/2004/10/11/star_war.shtml (click the: -
tonyhawk_starwarskid_high.wmv)

I'll add more another time, I'd like to hear comments from you guys.

Edited By Master_Jay on 1108003248

02-09-2005, 12:56 PM	#1
Master_Jay Senior Member Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: New york Posts: 670 Post Thanks / Like Thanks (Given): Thanks (Received): Likes (Given): Likes (Received): Dislikes (Given): Dislikes (Received): Points: 0 Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s) Quoted: 0 Post(s)	Many of you might be familiar with this crisis that occured to a 15 year old boy 2 years ago(Now he's 17). 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. 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. Yes, we've all had our dorky, private moments, but this poor kid is living the nightmare of having his private dorkiness projected across the world to giggling Web users. I'm not sure if I'm allowed to show the videos at the SFO Official forum, but I will anyway XP. I found a lot of them on the net and found them quite hilarious (I almost cried from laughter), so I'll share them with the fellow members of the XvsSF/SFO community. The Original http://www.screamingpickle.com/members....kid.wmv Edited Versions http://www.jedimaster.net/matrix_agents.htm http://bulk.fasthost.tv/ -Click "bulk Hulk" http://www.jedimaster.net/the_birds.htm http://www.cycletours.com.au/SWK/ http://www.jedimaster.net/bravekid.htm http://mysite.verizon.net/vze3nvj6/swk/undercover.html http://chase.television-series.com/main_Copy_1.html http://punisher.reallyrules.com/ http://ouatim.web1000.com/ http://www.jedimaster.net/pimp_remix.htm http://www.swkvsthedrones.wmv http://www.tensonic.com/ http://www.jedimaster.net/little_china.htm http://www.waxy.org/archive/2004/10/11/star_war.shtml (click the: - tonyhawk_starwarskid_high.wmv) I'll add more another time, I'd like to hear comments from you guys. Edited By Master_Jay on 1108003248 __________________ [img:sig_uid]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v474/MastaDeeJay/banner-less.jpg[/img:sig_uid] [i:sig_uid][color=red:sig_uid].:Making your comedy Dreams come true:.[/color:sig_uid][/i:sig_uid]