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> Does intent dictate criminality here? Yes. > Is it a crime to email those to a person who enjoys optical illusions, has severe panic disorder and ptsd, and

> Does intent dictate criminality here? Yes. > Is it a crime to email those to a person who enjoys optical illusions, has severe panic disorder and ptsd, and several heart conditions? Maybe, it depends. In any case if your intent was pure but you're just stupid the case brought against you in the event of a mishap would be one of negligence.

69mlgsniperdad 10y ago
Ok, I know nothing about law, but if that is the case, and we agree that an overseas ten year old kid could successfully distribute the images referenced in this case, to thousands of epileptics with a handful of fake social network accounts targeting online communities for epileptics on websites that auto-play gif's, with intentions to kill them, and zero chance of ever getting caught through investigation, than the only logical solution would be to temporarily shut down the internet until we find a solution; I can only imagine the fallout as soon as these terrorist organizations get word of these articles. Clearly this is many times more dangerous than firearms are, and there is zero regulation and virtually limitless access for everyone on earth. I'm not going to try and find statistics, but I'm willing to bet that posting an image to maybe hurt people you can't and have never seen, people that are hardly tangible, especially to a child, who have never exhibited any sort of actual tangible human actions in response to other, less drastic attacks (such as name calling) has got to be hundreds of times easier to rationalize and commit to for a child, or anyone, than it is for a child to choose to use a firearm on another human. When a child touches a gun without permission, all humans exhibit immediate terror, most young kids are probably afraid of guns, yet we have extreme regulations on those, however, children start using the internet on tablets and phones often before their first birthday. Companies that auto-play gif's and have had multiple reports of such images, should be held accountable, along with many others.
- danso 10y ago
  Not sure if you're aware of this, but punishments are meted differently to 10-year-olds compared to adults. The suspect in this case was a 29-year-old man. And "most young kids are probably afraid of guns" sounds like something said by someone who didn't grow up in a rural state.

69mlgsniperdad 10y ago

Ok, I know nothing about law, but if that is the case, and we agree that an overseas ten year old kid could successfully distribute the images referenced in this case, to thousands of epileptics with a handful of fake social network accounts targeting online communities for epileptics on websites that auto-play gif's, with intentions to kill them, and zero chance of ever getting caught through investigation, than the only logical solution would be to temporarily shut down the internet until we find a solution; I can only imagine the fallout as soon as these terrorist organizations get word of these articles. Clearly this is many times more dangerous than firearms are, and there is zero regulation and virtually limitless access for everyone on earth. I'm not going to try and find statistics, but I'm willing to bet that posting an image to maybe hurt people you can't and have never seen, people that are hardly tangible, especially to a child, who have never exhibited any sort of actual tangible human actions in response to other, less drastic attacks (such as name calling) has got to be hundreds of times easier to rationalize and commit to for a child, or anyone, than it is for a child to choose to use a firearm on another human. When a child touches a gun without permission, all humans exhibit immediate terror, most young kids are probably afraid of guns, yet we have extreme regulations on those, however, children start using the internet on tablets and phones often before their first birthday. Companies that auto-play gif's and have had multiple reports of such images, should be held accountable, along with many others.

danso 10y ago
Not sure if you're aware of this, but punishments are meted differently to 10-year-olds compared to adults. The suspect in this case was a 29-year-old man. And "most young kids are probably afraid of guns" sounds like something said by someone who didn't grow up in a rural state.