> As for the real issue about whether or not this guy is > somehow culpable for > the actions of another, all I can say is it helps to have a > healthy respect > for the law. Encouraging senseless acts is fine as long as no > one actually > commits those act, but once someone does you are in a gray > area. Laws have > been on the books for hundreds of years about inciting riots, > yelling fire > in a crowded theater, causing public disturbances and the
I would say the classic "yelling fire in a theater" scenario is different from the "you should kill Bob" scenario. In the first one, you make a person think that they are going to die unless they get the heck outa there. To me, this is like fraud. You lie to a person and make them think that they are in danger. Telling a person they should kill Bob (is there a Bob on the list? Sorry! :) is asking the person to commit a crime. Asking someone to commit a crime doesn't make them commit a crime. -ray ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
