MS will ban Forza players who add the confederate flag to their digital cars

Re:MS will ban Forza players who add the confederate flag to... by kube-system on Thursday July 02, 2020 @05:31PM (#23718289)

Harassment laws are common in the US and don't have to enumerate a large list of different actions that constitute harassment.

The clarification that you just quoted above from the Director of Public Prosecutions is only one sentence in length but it would entirely change the meaning of the law, if a clarification like that were actually in it.

US harassment laws are not a list of 23,784 actions that constitute harassment either. Here's an example of one state's law. It is clear and specific, something all laws should be: https://definitions.uslegal.com/h/harassment/

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Re:MS will ban Forza players who add the confederate flag to... by DanBC on Thursday July 02, 2020 @05:37PM (#23718347)

English law combines acts, statutes, statutory instruments, but also case law. The law is built to adjust to a changing society.

You might be interested in this programme (from 2013, so there have been some changes since then) that explains how it works: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01sn9cf

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Re:MS will ban Forza players who add the confederate flag to... by kube-system on Thursday July 02, 2020 @05:44PM (#23718412)

This is also the case in the 49 US states that base their legal system on English Common law.

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