Internet idiot detained after 'corpse fetish' rant

By Ko Dong-hwan

Police in Jeonju, North Jeolla Province, detained a man on charges of cyber bullying and spreading misinformation.

In one of his bizarre rants, the man, a 34-year-old Oh, questioned why people were so interested in divers finding the bodies of the passengers who had boarded the sunken Sewol ferry and claimed Koreans were overcome by “corpse fetish.’’

He also denounced the family members of the ferry victims and the public sympathizing with them as “uncivilized.’’

At the police station, Oh explained to reporters that he believed the ferry should have been pulled out by now and wondered whether the ship was being kept under water because the public needed to quench its supposed thirst for seeing dead bodies.

Despite letting an apology out of his mouth, he didn’t seem to think his comments were wrong at all.

But is it right for law enforcement officials to comb the Internet to detect and punish idiots like Oh? Or should the Internet be allowed to police itself?

The debate would have been more meaningful if the person who triggered it had even a microscopic level of likability.