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Proposed Legislation Would Outlaw "Cyberbullying" in US
physman_wiu writes "We all remember the recent incident of 13-year-old Megan Meier. Now legislation is set to be passed at least in Missouri (and possibly through Congress) that would make cyberbullying illegal. The new legislation (PDF) reads: 'Whoever transmits in interstate or foreign commerce any communication, with the intent to coerce, intimidate, harass, or cause substantial emotional distress to a person, using electronic means to support severe, repeated, and hostile behavior, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.' Now, this seems like a great piece of legislation — until I get put in jail for some kid on WOW calling the Feds on me." Eugene Volokh is not impressed.
Don't worry. In prison we'll have plenty of time to sit around and think of the children.
DRM: Terminator crops for your mind!
I have tag icons pushing down the article to below the screen. Keep em coming!
Do it yourself, because no one else will do it yourself. [beta blockade 10-17 Feb]
As long as we can all still act immature on Xbox Live and make fun of each other's mothers while using homophobic terms...
Only outlaws will rickroll.
Somehow I do not think this will survive a constitutional challenge.
"Useless organic meatbag" -HK-47
What?!?!
Why the fuck does which is which matter?
I swear to god you stupid motherfucker, if you your bullshit drivel even one more motherfucking time I am going to climb through this tube and smack the shit out of you. I'll kick your dog while I'm there, and piss on your flowers.
No one wants to read what you write. It is lame. You are lame by extension. Your whole family is very likely equally lame. Lick my sack.
In short, fuck you and the packets you rode in one.
You are a waste of carbon and water.
Yuo == fuckface
Fuck this damned bullshit to hell and- er, um, I mean, I think I might think to oppose this, yes I do, if that's OK.
Since all those messages trying to "coerce" me into buying penis pills will be illegal. And if that doesn't fit, then the quantity should certainly qualify as harassment which will also be outlawed. Cool!
'Whoever transmits in interstate or foreign commerce any communication, with the intent to coerce, intimidate, harass, or cause substantial emotional distress to a person, using electronic means to support severe, repeated, and hostile behavior, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.'
Does this mean they'll ban Bill O'Reilly?
Fuck you. You're a complete fuckwit. Go fuck your... oh, hold on... someone at the door -
-1 Cyberbullying
If libertarians are so opposed to effective government, why don't they all move to Somalia?
or cause substantial emotional distress to a person
They just broke their own law, by trying to make the law.
"sudo rm -rf your-face"
Because the lack of "...on the internet" is in some cases considered a loophole in existing laws. Laws and common sense live on different planes of reality, don't try to merge the two or you might risk tearing a hole in the space/time fabric, dooming us all to oblivion.
Kill yourself.
Can't we just outlaw being a teenager? I mean, if you look at all the major sources of cattiness, abuse, insults, hatefulness, and other means of emotional abuse it's goddamned nearly always teenagers. I think that a much more logical response to this problem would be to execute each and every American child found guilty of being over the age of twelve. Once they're twenty we can pardon them, and then the entire world will be happy, peaceful, and in no way unpleasant.
Didn't you hear? The Children Of The Future are composed entirely of feeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelings.
DRM: Terminator crops for your mind!
They broke my bones :(
Nothing more than feelings?
What part of "shall not be infringed" is so hard to understand?
Jesus? Is that you?
My blog. Good stuff (when I remember to update it). Read it.
What about girls? I don't see how growing a pair of knockers would do any good.
As soon as the stars stopped I got up and walked around school to my bike and unlocked it. With that U-shaped lock I walked straight up the kid and began smashing it on the back of his head. Some of his scalp came out in chunks and he was knocked out. The coach for the football team wrestled me to the ground and broke one of my fingers and sprained my wrist, but no one ever fucked with me again in school. I am pretty sure other guys have similar stories.
An Education is the Font of All Liberty
You mean bullying should be limited to those that can back it up with brawns? I call discrimination against geeks!
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
Nah, I'd ridicule you on the internet for creating a moronic word that no dictionary would even consider accepting.
Then I'd get sued for belittling your intelligence and spelling ability and vanish for 2 years.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
You're gonna get such a wedgie after work.
echo -e 'global _start\n _start:\n mov eax, 2\n int 80h\n jmp _start' > a.asm; nasm a.asm -f elf; ld a.o -o a;
The half that uses emacs?
Because the lack of "...on the internet" is in some cases considered a loophole in existing laws.
Just like "Doing X on the internet." is a completely different patent from "Doing X." It's all getting clear now.
Ha! HA! Joke's on you, I don't wear underwear today!
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
Wiktionary has an entry for it.
blow your mind already