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xthedax June 21, 2001 11:02 AM	Ok, I made a comic . http://www.stripcreator.com/view.php?ID=21482 One person found it offensive (the subject in question left unnamed) and belives he can sue me for Internet Harrasment (which is a crime or something where I live) Does this guy have a case. I mean im not using real life names or anything so I really dont think he can do anything
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boorite
June 21, 2001 11:21 AM

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Ok, I made a comic . http://www.stripcreator.com/view.php?ID=21482

One person found it offensive (the subject in question left unnamed) and belives he can sue me for Internet Harrasment (which is a crime or something where I live)

Does this guy have a case. I mean im not using real life names or anything so I really dont think he can do anything

Just threaten to countersue him for Digital Cornholery.

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boorite June 21, 2001 11:31 AM	I forgot to ask what in Satan's jockstrap that comic was supposed to mean.
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xthedax June 21, 2001 11:34 AM	Heh, I wouldnt bother asking, but can he sue me (the person in question think i was mocking his dead bro)
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wirthling June 21, 2001 11:45 AM	quote: ...he can sue me for Internet Harrasment (which is a crime or something where I live)... Um, the 'where you live' and 'whether or not it's a crime there' things would be nice to know in attempting to answer your question. You can sue people for some things in some places that you can't sue them for elsewhere. Do you live in a trailer in Arkansas by any chance?
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xthedax June 21, 2001 11:53 AM	Scotland, and Internet Harrasment is a crime. What I want to know is if this is harrasment or not and can he prove who he is.
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boorite June 21, 2001 12:00 PM	Just fling a haggis at him.
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wirthling
June 21, 2001 1:03 PM

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Just fling a haggis at him.

Or tell him to polish your caber.

I did some looking around, and apparently you can get in trouble for "internet harrassment" if you direct a message towards someone with the intention of inflicting emotional harm. I do not think that posting a comic here exactly constitutes direct harrassment, though. (Then again, there is probably a lawyer out there who could figure out a way to define what you are doing that way.)

As long as you do not continue to antagonize this person, I would think his or her case would be rather weak. Harrassment usually implies repeated actions. Without a pattern of harrassment, most cases can be simply dismissmed as a single case of bad judgment.

But don't quote me on this. Free legal advice is worth what you pay for it...

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boorite June 21, 2001 2:04 PM	Now he can sue me, too.
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gabe_billings June 21, 2001 2:12 PM	You can probably be sued for not using any punctuation in your comic.
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BigEvilDan June 21, 2001 2:13 PM	If offending people on the Internet is a crime, we're all in deep trouble.
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evil_d June 21, 2001 2:42 PM	23199 So, what, if I talk shit about this guy's dead brother down at the pub, and he overhears me, can he sue me for that too? Jesus.
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wirthling June 21, 2001 2:52 PM	quote: You harassed my battleship! chortle
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wirthling June 21, 2001 2:55 PM	quote: So, what, if I talk shit about this guy's dead brother down at the pub, and he overhears me, can he sue me for that too? Jesus. I think the intent is the important part. That, and doing it repeatedly, just to inflict harm on the person...
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gabe_billings June 21, 2001 3:21 PM	quote: I think the intent is the important part. That, and doing it repeatedly, just to inflict harm on the person... 4981
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gabe_billings June 21, 2001 3:23 PM	10579
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gabe_billings June 21, 2001 3:24 PM	11472
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gabe_billings June 21, 2001 3:24 PM	12131
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gabe_billings June 21, 2001 3:31 PM	Aww. The title got screwed up. 23203
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wirthling June 21, 2001 3:32 PM	Help me, Johnny Cochrane! I'm being harrassed!
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gabe_billings June 21, 2001 3:38 PM	You said Coch.
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Spankling June 21, 2001 10:18 PM	quote: You said Coch. And it ran.
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