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Re:New Zealand is making cyber bullying a specific crime by onion2k on Tuesday July 07, 2015 @10:21AM (#9845583)
Whether insult hurts or not is your choice. If you have such weak control over your inner world - learn to not give a fuck. not that hard.

The problem here is that most people who suggest 'just ignore it' as a solution haven't ever faced the sort of abuse that the proposed law is designed to deal with. You're quite right that it's easy to ignore an insult. It's much harder to ignore a believable death or rape threat, racist remark, misogyny, etc. That is what you're suggesting people should 'learn to not give a fuck' about. As someone who believes quite strongly that we shouldn't just ignore those things and that we should actively try to stop them, I find your argument incomprehensible.

Re:New Zealand is making cyber bullying a specific crime by venomsnake on Tuesday July 07, 2015 @10:50AM (#9845780)
While ignoring a believable (whatever that means) death treat is probably hard, why put racism, misandry and misogeny in the same stuff - you are totally free to talk to the harassers back - find what makes them sensitive and make them hurt. You have the same tools as them. Make a psychological profile, find what makes them tick and talk back in a way to inflict maximum hurt feelz.