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Re:Curt Schilling Fights Back Against Daughter’s Twitter Trolls by chris_wot on Sunday March 08, 2015 @01:12PM (#9166234)
Streaking near a playground without knowing of it and threatening to rape someone's daughter are completely different things. Telling anyone that they want their daughter to bleed into their underwear because you raped them is sickening, intimidating and frankly sexual violence.

Since when did this become acceptable?

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Re:Curt Schilling Fights Back Against Daughter’s Twitter Trolls by mindslight on Sunday March 08, 2015 @02:04PM (#9166448)
It's not acceptable. This doesn't mean it needs to be illegal.

Schilling took a stand and it seems like he got decent justice as it is. Why the knee jerk reaction that more laws must be needed?

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Re:Curt Schilling Fights Back Against Daughter’s Twitter Trolls by Dylan16807 on Sunday March 08, 2015 @01:45PM (#9166354)
Hold your horses. There are many crimes that don't put people on a life-ruining sexual predator list. Murder for example. That doesn't make them 'acceptable'.

I don't think this crime should go on that special list. I think a reasonable maximum for this crime is a few months in prison, similar to misdemeanor battery.

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Re:Curt Schilling Fights Back Against Daughter’s Twitter Trolls by chris_wot on Sunday March 08, 2015 @02:27PM (#9166549)
I don't think the register is justifiable at all, to be honest. We don't have it where I live (Australia) and we don't have higher levels of sexual assault than the U.S. (our rates are still too high).

If that was the point you were making, I apologise as I misunderstood you.

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Re:Curt Schilling Fights Back Against Daughter’s Twitter Trolls by Dylan16807 on Sunday March 08, 2015 @02:50PM (#9166646)
I wasn't making that point in this specific post, but I agree. It's a 'tough on crime' measure that doesn't actually help things.
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Re:Curt Schilling Fights Back Against Daughter’s Twitter Trolls by chris_wot on Sunday March 08, 2015 @07:30PM (#9167870)
"Tough on crime" almost never works. Appreciate your comments :-)
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