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Re:Doxxing defense: Remove your personal info from data brokers by eplanit on Thursday November 20, 2014 @12:09PM (#8636761)
It's very unusual and ironic to find an argument _for_ punitive incarceration here on HN, which is more typically a bastion of anti-incarceration advocacy. I guess it depends on where societies' and governments' fears lie (the more representative the gov't is the more these fears overlap).
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Re:Doxxing defense: Remove your personal info from data brokers by ams6110 on Thursday November 20, 2014 @12:11PM (#8636773)
The ususal stance is against punitive incarceration for crimes like drug posession and maybe even sex trade activities. Crimes where someone is actually harmed? I don't think you see a lot of arguments againts punishment for those.
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Re:Doxxing defense: Remove your personal info from data brokers by wtbob on Thursday November 20, 2014 @01:02PM (#8637082)
> Crimes where someone is actually harmed?

Is doxxing actual harm, or merely the threat of actual harm?

(Not that it's not bad; not that it shouldn't be illegal; but it's not the same as assault)

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Re:Doxxing defense: Remove your personal info from data brokers by grecy on Thursday November 20, 2014 @01:33PM (#8637255)
Actually, assault is defined as "the threat of physical harm". (no physical contact is required)

Battery is the actual physical harm.

This is very common misunderstanding.

http://www.northvanpac.org/p/bccpac.html

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