> Victims usually are not good at figuring out how to effectively manage the situation via other means. If they are, well, they don't write articles like this.

> Victims usually are not good at figuring out how to effectively manage the situation via other means. If they are, well, they don't write articles like this. People should not have to use other means - apart from maybe if they feel confident to do so saying please stop+ (as this complainant did). They should be able to rely upon the rule of law to deal with harrasesment. If legislation/case law is not sufficient at the moment then legislation should be reviewed and if possible changed (rather than putting someone through the extended process of a precedent setting court case). Other means should be opposed as well on a rule of law basis. + Not sure about this I shouldn't have to ask a person hitting me to please stop... but hitting is illegal already sending messages is not...