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Sandy’ s StoryA)Sandy, a polite and friendly forty-
Sandy’ s StoryA)Sandy, a polite and friendly forty-
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2023-06-23
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Sandy’ s Story
A)Sandy, a polite and friendly forty-year-old woman with a soft Southern accent, loves cats and frequented the newsgroup rec. pets. cats.
B)In 1993 a gang of people from several newsgroups, alt. tasteless, alt. Syntax. Tactical and alt. bigfoot, "invaded" the rec. pets. Cats. Newsgroup. By the time the invasion had ended, Sandy had received death threats, hate mails and harassing phone calls. Having her email monitored at work, she had almost lost her job.
C)The incident began when one of the invaders who joined her newsgroup posted a message asking if he could get help destroying his girlfriend’ s cat. He said the cat was bothering him, but he didn’t want the girlfriend to find out if he killed it. When he began discussing poison and drowning as options, Sandy spoke up.
D)First she sent email urging him not to kill the cat. But if he insisted, to have it "put to sleep" humanely. When the email didn’t help, Sandy became concerned, then terrified for the cat. She had nightmares. Eventually she wrote a letter to the police that was subsequently distributed on the Internet.
E)The flame war explored. The request for help in killing the cat was actually a fake. The poster and his friends had purposefully chosen a quiet little newsgroup to start a flame war of mythic proportions. Their stated goal was to inflame the members of the group with their posts. And it worked. But when Sandy contacted the police, the invaders became ugly and turned their attention to her.
F)Soon Sandy found herself on the member list of a Net. Invaderz FAQ(Frequently Asked Questions document)that was being passed around Usenet and even several computer conventions. Rather than being a victim, Sandy was singled out as one of the victimizers. "Those of us that opposed the group coming in and invading us(were added to the list),"she said. "It was spammed all over the network as a true document with our names on it."
G)Sandy was disturbed but tried to ignore the problems as much as possible until she found herself under investigation by her own company. An irate "U.S. taxpayer" had written to her employer complaining that she didn’t want the Internet used for actions such as those described in the Net. Invaderz document. "I’m a twenty-two year employee in this company, with a good reputation which is now in the pooper because of this," she said.
H)Sandy hasn’t prosecuted but the incident exhausted her and made her fearful. She no longer participates in or even reads rec. pets. Cats.; concerned friends email her posts of interest privately. She cannot afford her own home computer, so she can only access the Internet through work, where her supervisor now watches her every move.
I)Because she acted(in this case alerting the authorities to what she believed to be cruelty to animals), Sandy became the target of a vicious attack launched by a group of people she has never even met.
J)In part, the wars going on in cyberspace are cultural wars. Who is to decide what is polite and acceptable? Some time ago, I talked with one of the founders of alt. syntax. Tactical, who calls himself Antebi. His responses to those who suggest his tactics are uncivilized "Learn to use killfiles," he says. "Grow up, welcome to reality."
K)After talking with him, I understood his group to be somewhat like an Internet fraternity, a bunch of young men who like to do virtual "panty raids" on unsuspecting newsgroups. The young people themselves aren’t the problem(I do not think alt. Syntax, tactical was responsible for the death threats to Sandy), but that kind of mischievous mentality, coupled with a lot of free time, means that certain people can abuse their power in the virtual world.
L)But should the virtual world be one where war is the only metaphor? An invading army swept through Sandy’s village, and when she reached out to protect someone else, they turned their sights on her. She was attacked, accused, harassed and threatened—with no possible resource. The army captain merely says she should have armed herself. But perhaps there are other ways to live than by the rule of the strongest? Isn’ t that what civilization is supposed to be about? [br] When Sandy trying protecting someone else, she was noticed and attacked.
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答案
L
解析
题干:当桑迪试图保护其他人的时候,她被侵略者盯上了,还遭到攻击。题干关键词是protecting,someone else和attacked。文中L段第二三句提到,入侵军队横扫了桑迪的村庄,当她伸出手来保护别人时,他们把目光投向她。她受到攻击,指责,骚扰和威胁。与题干意思吻合,故选L。
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