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If you plan a murder but don't do it you still go to jail. If you set up a plan to rob a bank but don't manage to you still go to jail. If you try to commit suicide and fail. You still go to jail. Aydon you've got to admit some people take it way too far and sadly it seems someone needs to step in and stop it.
Quote from: BatwingRobes on July 29, 2013, 14:45:56If you plan a murder but don't do it you still go to jail. If you set up a plan to rob a bank but don't manage to you still go to jail. If you try to commit suicide and fail. You still go to jail. Aydon you've got to admit some people take it way too far and sadly it seems someone needs to step in and stop it.Is attempted suicide still illegal in the US?
As far as im aware, i believe so
People shouldn't write threats to eachother online. It would be hard to monitor all messages though unless isp's set up a filter for words so if that word is typed etc they would check the message.With trolling, I read other week a guy on runescape got arrested for "trolling" saying brb gonna shoot my school up! or words to that effect.
I am glad that the law is on the victim's side, as a starting point - that people cannot "hide" behind fake profiles etc to torment, belittle and threaten persons via social media.The example of persons telling suicidal people to kill themselves is immoral; and yes a lot of law does come from knee jerk reactions to try and protect etc as reactionsThreatening to shoot a school btw is actually still against some forms of peace and public law - and thus is arrestable. which is fair. If he was prosecuted for a small "troll" with no basis in fact, id be highly surprisedThe sarcasm point is definitely difficult to pick up online - but i guess once a threshold is crossed it needs to be investigatedThe persons involved in inciting people to riot, were indeed handed prison sentences (and or suspended ones), as part of inciting to disturb the peace, to corrupt law and order, public order offences and god i cant even remember the rest - however, it is an interesting and important point to note under these circumstances that ALL prison sentences handed out in regards to these riots were at the absolute maximum under law. very little mercy shown - to act as a deterrent to othersI am surprised that attempting to commit suicide is still an illegal act in the US. the only thing illegal in regards to this in the UK, mostly, is aiding suicide - which comes under a form of manslaughter. And is a fiercely contested debate.If people do bad things, or are disgusting online etc, i am glad they can be brought to justice and are not untouchable.