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Originally Posted by Tribesman
Thats interesting, especially as you say you are going to work in law, which you have described as a collection of meaningless documents drawn up by liberals.
So these angry people who you claim have a right to be angry, what right do they have to make threats including death threats.
What does the annoying little thing called law say about that?
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Yes, I will be attending Law School this Fall and currently work at a law firm.Many laws are vague and meant as more of a guide than the absolute truth.Some are not but anyone with common sense will have a WTF moment
Florida State Statute 365.16 describes obscene or harassing telephone calls as: Making a call without conversation or disclosure of identity and with the intent to harass, annoy, abuse or threaten. Making a call with conversation and with the intent solely to harass or threaten. Making a call during which any obscene conversation or suggestions are made with the intention of offending, harassing, threatening or abusing the person called. Making continued calls or continually ringing the telephone with the intent to harass.
Now that one seems pretty straight forward but the firm I work at handles these cases all the time, typically in domestic troubles when one party keeps calling other etc and anger is involved all the time.Now, when a jury hears the message or the judge sees the case file, sure it's angry, there may even be some profanity but usually its not harassing or threatening and we win via trial or dismissal prob 8 out of 10.The ones we lose we usually lose via a plea or guilty verdict because the person actually made a threat or harassed the victim via repeated calls etc
Lately we have had angry US citizens calling their Congressmen and leaving messages.I have heard many of the messages and sure they were angry, had some profanity, said I do no wish you well etc. I believe maybe one I heard was actually a threat and it barely qualified as one.The others did not make threats or make a call/ leave a message with "conversation and with the intent solely to harass or threaten. Making a call during which any obscene conversation or suggestions are made with the intention of offending, harassing, threatening or abusing the person called." Some of those in congress whining about death threats are boo hooing because someone said I hope something bad happens to you.That is NOT a threat.A threat is I am going to do so and so to you.Leaving an angry message is not a threat, the law was authored to protect people from actual threats and true harassment, not supress freedom of speech by citizens against people in congress or the white house who have ignored the will of the people(their bosses) and pursued their agenda at great expense to this nation.
Having said all that, people should not resort to violence, that is crap the Lefties do(thinking Black Panters, Anti-War protesters in the 60's and 70's, you know some of Obama's friends like Ayers.There are nuts in every group and things will happen sometimes.Only ill I wish towards those who mposed this ridiculous bill on us is that they lose their positions and never return to any position that gives them power.However, the outrage is the Democrats fault, it is what happens when you ignore the people.Their outrage is also kind of a phony tactic, just like the black congressmen claiming they were spat on and racial slurs used against them.Yet all the cameras that were there even their own guys following them up the capital steps with cell phone cameras ready, managed to miss the alleged incidents, HMMMMMMMM
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