Comments on: Cyberbullying Hearing Yesterday: Education, not Criminalization or Intermediary Deputization http://techliberation.com/2009/10/01/cyberbullying-hearing-yesterday-education-not-criminalization-or-intermediary-deputization/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Sun, 27 May 2012 22:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: The Progress & Freedom Foundation Blog http://techliberation.com/2009/10/01/cyberbullying-hearing-yesterday-education-not-criminalization-or-intermediary-deputization/comment-page-1/#comment-63850 The Progress & Freedom Foundation Blog Thu, 03 Dec 2009 03:24:49 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=22134#comment-63850 <p><strong>Bob Barr Denounces Cyberbullying Criminalization...</strong></p> <p>Bob Barr, the four term Republican Georgia congressman turned ACLU activist and 2008 Libertarian Presidential candidate, has denounced Rep. Linda Sánchez's (D-CA) "Megan Meier Cyber Bullying Prevention Act" (H.R. 1966) in particularly harsh terms: T...</p> Bob Barr Denounces Cyberbullying Criminalization…

Bob Barr, the four term Republican Georgia congressman turned ACLU activist and 2008 Libertarian Presidential candidate, has denounced Rep. Linda Sánchez’s (D-CA) “Megan Meier Cyber Bullying Prevention Act” (H.R. 1966) in particularly harsh terms: T…

]]> By: Bob Bar Denounces Cyberbullying Criminalization — Technology Liberation Front http://techliberation.com/2009/10/01/cyberbullying-hearing-yesterday-education-not-criminalization-or-intermediary-deputization/comment-page-1/#comment-63684 Bob Bar Denounces Cyberbullying Criminalization — Technology Liberation Front Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:07:49 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=22134#comment-63684 <p>[...] to House Judiciary Committee’s hearing on this subject back in September—summarized here. At the hearing, Sanchez declared her intention to revise the bill to incorporate constitutional [...]</p> [...] to House Judiciary Committee’s hearing on this subject back in September—summarized here. At the hearing, Sanchez declared her intention to revise the bill to incorporate constitutional [...]

]]> By: MikeRT http://techliberation.com/2009/10/01/cyberbullying-hearing-yesterday-education-not-criminalization-or-intermediary-deputization/comment-page-1/#comment-65820 MikeRT Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:44:11 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=22134#comment-65820 <blockquote><br>Criminalizing what is mostly child-on-child behavior simply will not solve the age-old problem of kids mistreating each other, a problem that has traditionally been dealt with through counseling and rehabilitation at the local level.<br></blockquote> <p><br><br>While that is true, it also stands to reason that the states should look into ways to update their harassment laws. Most of the minor-on-minor cases that we see in the news are cases where one party is behaving in a way that realistically should be covered by a harassment or stalking law.</p>
Criminalizing what is mostly child-on-child behavior simply will not solve the age-old problem of kids mistreating each other, a problem that has traditionally been dealt with through counseling and rehabilitation at the local level.



While that is true, it also stands to reason that the states should look into ways to update their harassment laws. Most of the minor-on-minor cases that we see in the news are cases where one party is behaving in a way that realistically should be covered by a harassment or stalking law.

]]> By: MikeRT http://techliberation.com/2009/10/01/cyberbullying-hearing-yesterday-education-not-criminalization-or-intermediary-deputization/comment-page-1/#comment-62623 MikeRT Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:44:11 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=22134#comment-62623 <blockquote><br>Criminalizing what is mostly child-on-child behavior simply will not solve the age-old problem of kids mistreating each other, a problem that has traditionally been dealt with through counseling and rehabilitation at the local level.<br></blockquote> <p><br><br>While that is true, it also stands to reason that the states should look into ways to update their harassment laws. Most of the minor-on-minor cases that we see in the news are cases where one party is behaving in a way that realistically should be covered by a harassment or stalking law.</p>
Criminalizing what is mostly child-on-child behavior simply will not solve the age-old problem of kids mistreating each other, a problem that has traditionally been dealt with through counseling and rehabilitation at the local level.



While that is true, it also stands to reason that the states should look into ways to update their harassment laws. Most of the minor-on-minor cases that we see in the news are cases where one party is behaving in a way that realistically should be covered by a harassment or stalking law.

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