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OldTowneTavern
08/23/09

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She also physically stalked the girl too, and at one point sat next to her in a pub and threatened her if she went to the police. It wasn't cyberbullying alone.
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gooneruk
08/24/09

@OldTowneTavern: Exactly. This is one of those cases where the media has leapt on the Facebook angle as an example of the supposed dangers of the modern tech world, and basically glossed over the more usual, old-school events.

She bullied this girl continually for the best part of five years, in person, and has been jailed for this. Harassment in English law requires any threats/etc to take place on more than one occasion.

Also, she already had a conviction for assault on this girl.
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Dürer's Rhino
08/23/09

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I'm not comfortable with 'internet bullying' laws in general, but I still think Lori Drew should have been remanded to federal pound-me-in-the-ass prison if only for being a smug cunt about the whole thing.
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Cynical Media Bitch
08/23/09

@Dürer's Rhino: When being a smug cunt is a Federal crime, then America will have to wall in all of the Tri-State area, and not just Manhattan. Who will be our generation's Snake Plissken?
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Dürer's Rhino
08/23/09

@Cynical Media Bitch: I'm sure some Williamsburg misfit is hitting the heavy bag as we speak.
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The One
08/23/09

@Dürer's Rhino: I agree, mostly because it was a matter of an adult manipulating and tormenting a child.
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Tenno
08/23/09

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Ugh, as if having "F***head" as your middle name wasn't hard enough
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If_I_Had_a_Poodle
08/23/09

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libel/slander 2.0
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pkellen2313
08/23/09

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wait, is that the same chick who rolled her eyes at susan boyle?
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Scotland
08/23/09

@pkellen2313:
0:45
No.
And the girl who rolled her eyes is probably Scottish.
(Sorry for taking your question seriously)
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MincnglyWhrdL'mer
08/23/09

@Scotland: why does she have a bumper sticker on her decolletage?
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Pope John Peeps II
08/23/09

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Whenever I hear about things like this, I really don't think it would have been all that bad if the world had been run by the British Empire in perpetuity. Sure we'd all get taxed a bit, but then bullies would go to jail and we'd all get to say words like "slag", "trollop" and "lorry".
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Leucadia
08/23/09

@Pope John Peeps II: Well, you still can go around saying "slag" and "lorry," if you don't mind looking like an insufferable git.

See? I'm American, and try as I might to work git into my conversation, I just can't make it happen.
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Swifter
08/23/09

@Pope John Peeps II: This is why you will be denied entry to the United States next time you try to cross the border.
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Go Like Hell Machine
08/23/09

@Leucadia: I use git in my daily vocabulary. However, being a Southerner, it's usually when hollering at the dog: "Git outta the trash, goddammit!"
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