Who knows what this Canadian kid was thinking when he decided to make this video but it certainly has caused controversy.
In November 2002 Ghyslain Raza made this video of himself swinging a golf ball retriever around imitating a Star Wars- like battle pretending to be Darth Maul from Star Wars Episode 1.
The video was found by four of Ghyslain's classmates, they started to leak the video, it went viral and he was ridiculed and harassed for it. This video has become one of the most popular viral videos of all times as it is one of the first cautionary tales in the debate about privacy on the internet.
Ghyslain was so ridiculed for his activities in the video that he slipped into depression and had to take time off from school to seek psychiatric care. His family sued the families of the classmates who leaked the video for $250,000, then settled out of court.
The video still remains popular today with still large numbers of viewers, over 25 million to date, and numerous parodies have been created.
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