[Foundation-l] Stalking Article

[White Cat]

"I didn't know" is an excellent tool for stalkers to play stupid with their
sockpuppet accounts.

   - White Cat

On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 3:04 PM, Gerard Meijssen
<gerard.meijssen at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hoi,
> Absolutely !!
>
> Denying that this is taking place endangers us, our continuity and our
> neutral point of view. There simply is no excuse for stalking. When things
> make a turn for the worst, the excuse "I did not know" is rather lame. It
> is
> for this reason that we have to address it sooner rather then to late.
> Thanks,
>      Gerard
>
> On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 1:34 PM, Anthony <wikimail at inbox.org> wrote:
>
> > On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 11:48 PM, Ray Saintonge <saintonge at telus.net>
> > wrote:
> > > Anthony wrote:
> > >> On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 10:08 PM, Anthony wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 10:04 PM, Dennis During wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>> Is stalking in the real world a crime in itself?
> > >>>>
> > >>> In most jurisdictions, yes.  But as has been pointed out, enforcement
> > >>> can be very difficult.
> > >>>
> > >> And let me add that the Internet is part of the real world.
> > >>
> > >>
> > > In a strict ultimate sense you are right of course,
> > >
> > > Some behaviours would still cast doubt on that finding. :-)
> > >
> > I assume you're joking, but if someone is continuously harassing
> > and/or threatening you, it doesn't matter whether it's by phone, by
> > mail, by email, by instant message, by wiki talk page, by whatever.
> > Stalking is stalking.  Cyberstalking is stalking.  Wikistalking is
> > stalking.  Anyone who persists in using one of the terms to mean less
> > than that is harming society.
> >
> > The Internet is part of the real world.  Full stop.
> >
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