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Then surely the problem isn't harrassment, but assault? Also, if you put enough information online, all it takes is one crazy/creepy stalker/murderer to track y

• bilbo0s 8y ago
  >Then surely the problem isn't harrassment, but assault?... Woah, woah, woah. I said internet crazies showing up at your place of employment is a problem. That doesn't make it assault. For instance, the outrage brigade might show up to protest in front of the company where you work for a few weeks. This is their right as Americans, and I realize and acknowledge that. At the same time, I believe it is harassment. I didn't say we should do anything to stop it. I only said that it most definitely is a problem. And if it happened to you, I'd bet that right around the time your boss called you into his or her office to give you your final paycheck, you would start to think it is a problem too. I think you went about 5 bridges WAY too far with calling a lot of that harassment "assault". A lot of the harassment is not assault. That's why it's so hard to stop. The assault stuff is the stuff that the fbi would be called in on generally speaking.
  • tomp 8y ago
    Right, I agree. I assumed you were referring to swatting etc as mentioned in the article.
  • tomc1985 8y ago
    Parent is not equivocating harassment (or presence, as you seem to take it) as assault. They are simply stating that one often leads to the other.