Cyberbullying
Murder, theft, or arson are extremely fair reasons to put someone in jail, but is cyberbullying? Would people just be wasting the jury's time and taxpayers resources on cyberbullying cases or would it be a worthy idea? Some people believe that it is a good reason to prosecute a person, but it is undoubtedly not superb logic.
Cyberbullying is by no means a acceptable thing, but someone should not be criminally prosecuted for it. The article, Sacrificing the First Amendment to Catch “Cyberbullies” by Kirk Sigmon states “The last time I checked, hurting someone’s feelings-even in real life- never justified criminal prosecution.” This is unquestionably true because when was the last time you heard someone receive a prosecution for …show more content…
These people may think that the First Amendment should be treated “not as a right, but as a privilege,” which could be implied that the right should be withdrawn so that cyberbullying could be stopped. The senators of New York include exclusion in their definition of cyberbullying, and the article, Sacrificing the First Amendment to Catch Cyberbullies states “The idea that someone could be criminally prosecuted for refusing to allow someone to join, say, a guild in a videogame, is preposterous.” This proves that if we had people prosecuted for cyberbullying, then people could be going to jail for simply not letting some join in on a round of video games.
People, absurdly, think that people who cyberbully should be criminally prosecuted, but in actually they shouldn’t. It would waste taxpayer resources and they jury’s time. Potentially criminally prosecuting cyber bullies for excluding someone in a video game is unreasonable and foolish as is going to jail for online bullying, but not in person bullying. So is cyberbullying legitimately up there with murder, theft, and arson or are the NY senators completely wrong about the way we should handle
Murder, theft, or arson are extremely fair reasons to put someone in jail, but is cyberbullying? Would people just be wasting the jury's time and taxpayers resources on cyberbullying cases or would it be a worthy idea? Some people believe that it is a good reason to prosecute a person, but it is undoubtedly not superb logic.
Cyberbullying is by no means a acceptable thing, but someone should not be criminally prosecuted for it. The article, Sacrificing the First Amendment to Catch “Cyberbullies” by Kirk Sigmon states “The last time I checked, hurting someone’s feelings-even in real life- never justified criminal prosecution.” This is unquestionably true because when was the last time you heard someone receive a prosecution for …show more content…
These people may think that the First Amendment should be treated “not as a right, but as a privilege,” which could be implied that the right should be withdrawn so that cyberbullying could be stopped. The senators of New York include exclusion in their definition of cyberbullying, and the article, Sacrificing the First Amendment to Catch Cyberbullies states “The idea that someone could be criminally prosecuted for refusing to allow someone to join, say, a guild in a videogame, is preposterous.” This proves that if we had people prosecuted for cyberbullying, then people could be going to jail for simply not letting some join in on a round of video games.
People, absurdly, think that people who cyberbully should be criminally prosecuted, but in actually they shouldn’t. It would waste taxpayer resources and they jury’s time. Potentially criminally prosecuting cyber bullies for excluding someone in a video game is unreasonable and foolish as is going to jail for online bullying, but not in person bullying. So is cyberbullying legitimately up there with murder, theft, and arson or are the NY senators completely wrong about the way we should handle