(October 8, 2012 at 3:55 pm)Moros Synackaon Wrote: Kay is dead on.
A bully conducts a campaign of harassment, which by definition repeats actions done with the express intent of causing harm.
One-off comments are not bullying.
Organizing a bunch of people to harass is bullying. Spending days personally harassing and demeaning someone is bullying.
Comments made in stupidity, jest or even aggression but not on a repeated basis?
Free (but disgusting) speech.
(October 8, 2012 at 3:49 pm)Brian37 Wrote: Even then context matters. It still depends on captivity otherwise we could have birthers arrested for repeatedly spewing their bullshit.
You can't arrest them for lying.
You can sue them for libel though.
Not nessaraly. People vs Larry Flint. It was a lie that Jerry Falwell fucked his mom. But what made it legal was it was covered under parody. Now even with the birthers, you are still talking about a public figure, and when it comes to criticising or blatently lying about a public figure the standard is based on more than merely lying about them.
It is a lie that Obama is a communist, but perfectly legal, as it should be for people to constantly repeat it. Otherwise we put government in the position of thought police. The good thing is that same free market is eqwual in the sense that those who object to it can call bullshit as publically and loudly as the idiots who spew it.
Public figures are at a higher standard of proof than saying the same thing about a no name neighbor or co worker. And civil court included, if you sue and win and they don't pay, they can go to jail for not obeying a court ruling. Public figures should have a much higher standard even in a civil suit case.
