Friday, January 24, 2020

How you know it's time to start decorating lampposts:

"You peasants are not allowed to say anything to or about us we don't approve of."

Especially note:
...A violation of this section may be prosecuted in the jurisdiction in which the communication was made or received or in the City of Richmond if the person subjected to the act is one of the following officials or employees of the Commonwealth: the Governor, Governor-elect, Lieutenant Governor, Lieutenant Governor-elect, Attorney General, or Attorney General-elect, a member or employee of the General Assembly, a justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia, or a judge of the Court of Appeals of Virginia.

The bill does not define what it means to “coerce, intimidate, or harass” any person which leaves it open to subjective interpretation.
"And we can drag you to Richmond to prosecute you if you annoy any of the Special People."

2 comments:

Carl "Bear" Bussjaeger said...

-sigh-

That's not what the bill does. I wish folks would research the bill AND EXISTING LAW before they keep repeating this.

Firehand said...

"If any person, with the intent to coerce, intimidate, or harass any person, shall use a computer or computer network to communicate obscene, vulgar, profane, lewd, lascivious, or indecent language, or make any suggestion or proposal of an obscene nature, or threaten any illegal or immoral act, he shall be is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. A violation of this section may be prosecuted in the jurisdiction in which the communication was made or received or in the City of Richmond if the person subjected to the act is one of the following officials or employees of the Commonwealth: the Governor, Governor-elect, Lieutenant Governor, Lieutenant Governor-elect, Attorney General, or Attorney General-elect, a member or employee of the General Assembly, a justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia, or a judge of the Court of Appeals of Virginia."
Sounds like it.