Has anyone had random, anonymous strangers start up an argument with one another in one of the back entries of their LJ before or is this a more or less unique phenomenon? Starting a few days ago, I've been getting a bunch of comment notifications from anonymous authors. I just assumed someone was spamming an old entry and didn't pay much attention to it. I only just looked back to find it's actually a bunch of people having a tit-for-tat argument, all by themselves. Is that a bit odd or what?

What they seem to be scrapping over is the case of Anne Knopf, a former teacher in Wisconsin who was boffing her daughter's 13 year old boyfriend. The seedy details had this kid driving over to her place in the middle of the night where she would molest him while her husband and daughter slept on upstairs. Previous anonymous strangers had offered up both defense and denouncement but the new crop of crusaders seem to be new. Based on the IP logging, there are four different computers currently clashing in the back alley of my LJ.

What I find remarkable is that someone just happened to stumble over the entry and then managed to find a couple other debating partners out of the blue. On the other hand, it's nice to know that Anne Knopf has since been convicted and her cover story was shown to be a tissue of lies. She had claimed that the kid's father had some sort of vendetta and there was a conspiracy to frame her. It's always nice to know how these sort of cases resolve after they make an initial splash in headline news and without all the anonymice, I never would have known how it turned out.

I guess I should pop back to the entry and add my two cents, but part of me is curious how long the raging anonymice will go if I just keep out of it. I will say one thing though, it was a crime that she only got 9 months in jail for what she did. That's a travesty of justice no matter how you slice it. You can only hope that karma plays a role and she gets shived or raped with a broom handle in prison.

Man, I can only assume that some die-hard supporters of alleged teacher-rapist Anne Knopf are running google searches for her name and then going to the various blogs and news sites, trying to dispel the allegations. Or simply obfuscate them since some of the defenders don't seem to make a whole lot of sense. You know that it's the bottom of the barrel when even I get anon comments. It makes me wonder if it's actually Anne herself, running around trying to drum up support.

( It's a conspiracy.....a pedo conspiracy )

I wonder if there's some sort of organization for this sort of like NAMBLA. You could do worse than trying to start one. Some guys might even jump on the bandwagon of an organization that advocates female teachers sleeping with 13 year old students.

If anyone actually wants to call this person, let me know how it goes. It might be interesting to figure out how the conspiracy theory actually runs. God knows I had a hell of a time trying to decipher it from the garbled comments being left.

Mother charged with assault of 13-year-old

A Wisconsin woman, a former teacher, is charged with sexual assault after allegedly having an affair with her daughter's 13-year-old former boyfriend.

Thirty-nine year old Anne Knopf of Prescott, Wisconsin was charged with Sexual Assault of a Child Under 16 in Pierce County District Court Monday.

The charge is the result of a four-month investigation into the relationship between Knowpf and the boy. The boy's parents became aware of the relationship and notified police in mid May.

She has been released on $25,000 bond. Knopf has been ordered to refrain from contacting the victim. She retained custody of her two children.

Ya. No reason to date the daughter when the mom puts out.

According to CNN, she was boinking this kid in her own home every night while her husband and daughter slept upstairs. The kid would drive over each night, though I'd imagine he'd have crawled on broken glass to get there. The husband seems to be sticking by her for some reason which is just pathetic. If your wife prefers a 13 year old kid over you, bloody throat-slashing murder might be the only logical response left. Forgiveness is for pansies.