on 11/23/07 1:00 PM, Matthew Brown at morven(a)gmail.com wrote:
On Nov 23, 2007 9:56 AM, Ray Saintonge
<saintonge(a)telus.net> wrote:
The first question that comes to my mind about
this is one of
jurisdiction. Your use of the word "town" suggests that we are not even
talking about one of the major cities in Missouri. Small towns tend to
have their rights to legislate defined by state law, and generally what
they say cannot have have much effect beyond town limits. For a town to
pursue a case of international cyberstalking could break the town's
budget. Extradition for breach of a town's by-laws is an unlikely
eventuality.
Indeed. It's likely that such a rule was instituted after an issue
between two of the place's residents, and is intended to prevent
future such. Not anything long-distance.
Actually, Matt it was a problem between two families. However, the case was
made more horrific because it involved the suicide hanging of a young girl
who was interacting with, what turned out to be, a harassing hoax on
MySpace. The perpetrator of the hoax turned out to a neighbor of hers.
However, the local and state law enforcement can't find any laws that were
broken. The perpetrator's response to the girl's family: "Get over
it!".
I am at a loss for words.
Marc