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Re: The guy needs help

Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 3:29 pm
by NeilUK
Marlboro


If he did post someones name and address on a public board then that is a breach of the Data Protection Act and very illegal!

NeilUK


Re: The guy needs to be IGNORED

Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 5:42 pm
by MisterC

This link provides a useful insight particularly the profile of a stalker :-)

Seriously though, stalking is quite rightly a criminal offence under the Protection From Harrassment Act 1997 and convictions have already been secured for the 'cyber' variety

Re: The guy needs help

Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 5:51 pm
by nachovx
I'm not sure the Data Protection Act applies to individuals - so it's not likely he's broken any law. All I wish is he'd learn not to run sentences into one another, with no punctuation, as they take a bit of deciphering sometimes.

For an insight into the mind of a poster who went one step further: The Minnesota gunman Jeff Weise, who killed 10 in the Red Lake School Shooting posted on the board Some interesting reading there, whether you believe in their ideals or not.

Re: The guy needs help

Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 8:47 pm
by itfilm
post what you want on a forum, illegal or not. Free speech is a right.

Re: The guy needs help

Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 8:54 pm
by Pervert
And with the right of free speech comes responsibility not to abuse it.

Re: The guy needs help

Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 8:58 pm
by itfilm
No just a chance to say what you want when you want.

Re: The guy needs help

Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 9:10 pm
by MisterC
Yes, if for the right reasons, but no, if at the expense of somebody else re: tort of libel, Human Rights Act - right to a private life etc etc

Re: The guy needs help

Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 9:16 pm
by itfilm
"private life etc etc" don't have a forum if you want a private life

Re: The guy needs help

Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 9:18 pm
by Pervert
How are things in Scandinavian mythology?

Re: The guy needs help

Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 9:23 pm
by itfilm
i think this sucks of british censorship. i spent sometime in the u.s and they dont care too much for rules infact they dont like um