XPost: alt.buddha.short.fat.guy, alt.philosophy.zen   
   From: absfg_wilson@yahoo.com   
      
   On 7/23/2016 2:33 PM, Tang Huyen wrote:   
   > On 7/23/2016 10:59 AM, Wilson wrote:   
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   >> On 7/23/2016 1:05 PM, brian mitchell wrote:   
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   >>> Tang Huyen wrote:   
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   >>>> There seems to be a clear distinction between saying   
   >>>> something in public, like on these boards, and charging   
   >>>> in unasked to dump hostile missives into somebody's   
   >>>> private e-mail box, specially on a repetitive basis.   
   >>>> The latter case is immoral and illegal, even if it may   
   >>>> take some financial and legal means to prosecute. It did   
   >>>> occur in tangent to these boards.   
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   >>> The last paragraph goes off on a tangent particular to a   
   >>> specific case. The two modes of address the law prof   
   >>> identified can both takeb place in public. Posters to   
   >>> these NGs regularly flip-flop between public soap box   
   >>> and personal missive.   
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   >> So I can call Tang names and get all in his face here, and   
   >> that's okay legally?  Well then!  :-)   
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   > The distinction that is legally and morally relevant,   
   > to me, seems to be between the *place* of the comment.   
   > If it is on these boards, it is in public space, and   
   > people are free to express themselves. If somebody   
   > goes offboard to dump hostile missives into somebody   
   > else's private e-mail box, that is illegal and immoral.   
   >   
   > On these boards, surely, people can call Tang names   
   > and get all in his face here, and that's okay legally.   
   > Well then! I don't mind. Go ahead and have fun.   
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   > There are special cases with VIPs: if you threaten   
   > somebody protected by the US Secret Service, like the   
   > President, on the Internet, you can be prosecuted,   
   > even if you claim that it is a joke. Even with   
   > non-VIPs, you should not make threats. They are not   
   > protected by freedom of speech. Again, threats were   
   > made in tangent to these boards, and they were made   
   > by unsolicited missives into people's private email   
   > boxes.   
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   > Tang Huyen   
      
   Sorry to hear about that.  Sending hate mail is not appropriate.   
      
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