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by keedot 3987 days ago
Right, which is why we have courts to determine the validity of the claims.
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lingben 3987 days ago
Sure, but some things are self evident and it makes no sense to waste public funds on them.

If you hurt my feelings, that's neither a criminal nor civil offense.

"Sticks and stones..." silly me, I thought we all learned this in elementary school

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keedot 3987 days ago
And yet teenagers still commit suicide because of online harassment. So words do hurt, and can even kill.
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oldmanjay 3987 days ago
Words may hurt. No one denied this. Saying words killed because of the actions a person took after being hurt is incredibly disingenuous. Only the person who took the action is responsible.
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keedot 3986 days ago
That's a fairly ignorant view on mental state and peer group pressures on developing adolescent minds.
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lingben 3987 days ago
I didn't say they don't. I said that 'hurt feelings' are not grounds for a criminal nor civil legal case.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHMoDt3nSHs

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