A tad late, but on the matter of Mr. Bungle

Mr. Bungle was of course the clown created out of somebody's twisted imagination that went on to commit the first digital "rape."

Most of the people in our class looked at this as a bunch of people overreacting to something fairly minor, and considering the general mindset of anyone that hasn't been addicted to a chat room or MUD of some sort (especially a Roleplay chatroom as this one seemed to be) that's perfectly understandable. For those that have though it becomes more than just a matter of some annoying text and a bit of public embarrassment until everything was cleared up. Just as people get personally attached to characters in books, it is even more likely and logical that they get very attached to characters of their own creation. As such, when these characters are hurt or assaulted it's not only embarrassing, it is to some degree emotionally painful.