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Right, which is why we have courts to determine the validity of the claims.

• lingben 11y ago
  Sure, but some things are self evident and it makes no sense to waste public funds on them. If you hurt my feelings, that's neither a criminal nor civil offense. "Sticks and stones..." silly me, I thought we all learned this in elementary school
  • keedot 11y ago
    And yet teenagers still commit suicide because of online harassment. So words do hurt, and can even kill.
    • lingben 11y ago
      I didn't say they don't. I said that 'hurt feelings' are not grounds for a criminal nor civil legal case. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHMoDt3nSHs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHMoDt3nSHs
    • oldmanjay 11y ago
      Words may hurt. No one denied this. Saying words killed because of the actions a person took after being hurt is incredibly disingenuous. Only the person who took the action is responsible.
      • keedot 11y ago
        That's a fairly ignorant view on mental state and peer group pressures on developing adolescent minds.