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    Image of OldTowneTavern OldTowneTavern
    08/23/09

    In reply to In England, They Jail CyberBullies
    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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    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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    Image of Dürer's Rhino Dürer's Rhino
    08/23/09

    In reply to In England, They Jail CyberBullies
    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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    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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    Image of Dürer's Rhino 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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    Image of The One 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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    08/23/09

    In reply to In England, They Jail CyberBullies
    Ugh, as if having "F***head" as your middle name wasn't hard enough
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    08/23/09

    In reply to In England, They Jail CyberBullies
    libel/slander 2.0
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    Image of pkellen2313 pkellen2313
    08/23/09

    In reply to In England, They Jail CyberBullies
    wait, is that the same chick who rolled her eyes at susan boyle?
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    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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    Image of MincnglyWhrdL'mer MincnglyWhrdL'mer
    08/23/09

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

    In reply to In England, They Jail CyberBullies
    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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    Image of Leucadia 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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    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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    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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