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Does cost matter? Tentatively, there may be a compelling case for jail time for something like this. "Intent to cause harm" isn't necessarily physical harm. The
by RickS 10y ago
Does cost matter? Tentatively, there may be a compelling case for jail time for something like this. "Intent to cause harm" isn't necessarily physical harm. The concept of legal assault is one that could be useful.
Though it opens up a very slippery slope, and I would hope it would have damn high standards for proving malicious intent.
- CurtMonash 10y agoI don't think that idea holds up to scrutiny, because: -- As you point out, resorting to the legal system should at most be criminalized only in the most extreme instances of abuse. -- Those extreme instances aren't the hardest problem to solve, because the legal system already knows how to dispose of OBVIOUS nonsense. -- Any apparent counterexample to my assertions would probably already be covered by other criminal statutes, such as those pertaining to perjury.