the publication of embarrassing details of your private life calculated to destroy your public life and family relationships, it's fair to ask: who has the prower and the right to do that? At the very least, such punitive actions should be a momopoly of... who has the prower and the right to do that?
OTOH, should there hence be more restrictions on the publication? If I see A going into B's house, it should normally be legal to say so, shouldn't it? Should that be restricted when it becomes damaging??
It might surprise you to learn that the CPS will often prosecute a blackmailer and reserve charges on the victim when he's being blackmailed over fairly serious criminal offences.
And if they didn't, they'd probably be generally unable to prosecute *either*...
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Date: 2005-10-16 08:39 pm (UTC)the publication of embarrassing details of your private life calculated to destroy your public life and family relationships, it's fair to ask: who has the prower and the right to do that? At the very least, such punitive actions should be a momopoly of... who has the prower and the right to do that?
OTOH, should there hence be more restrictions on the publication? If I see A going into B's house, it should normally be legal to say so, shouldn't it? Should that be restricted when it becomes damaging??
It might surprise you to learn that the CPS will often prosecute a blackmailer and reserve charges on the victim when he's being blackmailed over fairly serious criminal offences.
And if they didn't, they'd probably be generally unable to prosecute *either*...