Arizona is considering making it illegal to use the internet to "terrify, intimidate, threaten, harass, annoy or offend a person." "Anonymous fights Arizona censorship bill with 'butthurt form'" Arizona seems to by vying with places like Tennessee for producing the most ridiculous legislation. I think this form has been around a while. The version in the link is too small to read, so here it is, for your reading enjoyment!
I think Arizona is becoming the Kansas of the United States. Oh wait a minute, we already have a Kansas. Kansas Jr. maybe? Arizona, the state of idiocy.
I'd agree with the bill's examples (as in the op) except with "annoy" and "offend". The rest should be covered under current laws though, so I don't see the need for the redundancy here...unless the goal is to provide investigative agencies (the cops, FBI, etc.) the legal right to invade the privacy of individuals using the "probable cause" justification that the individual is suspected of terrifying, intimidating, threatening, or harrassing other people illegally. That's a whole 'nother can of worms.
Here we have just had a incident of a person been sent to jail for racial abusing a young Black footballer who suffered a massive heart attack during a Premier league game The abuse took place on twitter and he got I think it was 56 days in the slammer
This is a delicate issue for we do not want anyone to incite violence, etc but we also have to be careful how far we go with this for free speech can not be taken lightly. I am not defending or attacking just saying that this matter or any matter as such should be traveled with extreme care.
