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Besides the online anonymity others have noted... Define harassment. Unfortunately you cannot use established legal or historical dictionary definition. As a
by WaitWaitWha 4y ago
Besides the online anonymity others have noted...
Define harassment.
Unfortunately you cannot use established legal or historical dictionary definition.
As anecdotal examples why not, someone smashed their neighbor's car windows because they were "harassed" by parking on the street front of their house; harassed because lawn was cut on Friday afternoon, when they had kid's birthday party; harassed because couple laid out in their own back yard in their bathing suits.
I was told I am harassing someone because the material I was reading on my laptop for work, in-flight. Flight attendant was called, and told that I am violent and harassing the person next to me. That they are afraid for their life. (It was a delightful experience; I got moved to first class.)
- danaris 4y agoI'm not sure why the existence of people who attempt to redefine "harassment" as "upsetting or inconveniencing me in any way" means one cannot use the established legal or dictionary definitions of it when attempting to draw guidelines and laws for conduct in online spaces...? Like, I'm sure that there are loopholes and gray areas in the dictionary and legal definitions; the English language is woefully inadequate to fully convey the breadth of human experience. But nothing you've described falls into that category.
- singleshot_ 4y agoActually we can use the legal definition. In fact, we do. (To be sure, we must).