Adam

May 22 2009, 10:14 AM

Stryyder

May 19 2009, 10:09 AM

I think this is being blown way out of proportion. We're not talking about offending someone as in, making fun of them.

"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"

This is, obviously, in response to the Megan Meier trial. A grown woman created a myspace personality to harass Megan, a local teenager, which ultimately lead to Megan's suicide. The woman got a slap on the wrist because we have no laws governing the internet in this fashion. This is equittable to laws about stalking, harassment, and child abuse. The fact that they are not physical online does not mean they are not present or damaging.

I agree that the intentions of this law are good, but it's the way it could be used that is scary.

Lets say for example a new member, some little 10-12 year old kid, signs up on the forum and spams the board nothing terrible just won't stop posting stupid comments to try and get his post count up. Another member gets angry and makes several angry post telling him to stop all around the board. The kid tells his mom someone won't leave him alone online and boom your under investigation for online bullying.

Or even better some ass says he's had substantial emotional distress caused by you and all the sudden your under investigation, and you haven't done a thing.

Now I understand that in a situation like that nothing would probably happen to you the kid would probably be in more trouble then you would be but the simple fact that you could face investigation is what is scary.

Yes I know it is the 21st century, but our government of 50-80 year old men have no idea what they hell it is. The person in charge calls the internet a series of tubes for gods sakes. Do you want someone that thinks the internet is a series of tubes telling you how you can use those tubes.

Vegeta

May 22 2009, 09:44 PM

This seems like the place to say this. I simply can not stand most people these days. Especially kids. And especially kids on the internet.

Flat out. They're all just plain stupid. Stupid is the best word to describe these people. Stupid and utterly immature.

Take for instance the comment box on the home page. Adam went in and deleted a bunch of spam from a guy that kept posting "hahahaha....." This kid comes back and fills the box with it.

Seriously though. What the hell is the point of things like this? Is it to just annoy people. It works. But it doesn't annoy me because he posted a bunch of stuff. It annoys me because I know that I have to share this existence in this world with such an ignorant person out there somewhere. And they're just one of many. It annoys me because I can't wrap my brain around the reasoning that people are so utterly immature.