[lingben]

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

[keedot]

And yet teenagers still commit suicide because of online harassment. So words do hurt, and can even kill.

[oldmanjay]

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.

[keedot]

That's a fairly ignorant view on mental state and peer group pressures on developing adolescent minds.

[lingben]

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