[Vision2020] For the love of the Code!

[Ted Moffett]

Jennifer et. al.

How do you define "proximity?"  Recall the recent murder in Moscow and how
far the perpetrators came?  They were from the Seattle area, were they not?

And now "over the Internet" can mean someone can send voice, data and video
of whatever they choose, perhaps a more compelling form of communication
than receiving a message on a phone answering machine.  The Internet might
thus provide more "imminence.".

It does seem though that communication on Internet list serves provides a
outlet for people to make statements of a very negative nature that we are
supposed to take with a grain of salt... as though the "speech" involved is
not meant to be taken seriously.

This is an unfortunate approach to Internet list serves, which Vision2020
demonstrates.

Ted Moffett


On 5/19/06, Jennifer McFarland <jmcfarland at latah.id.us> wrote:
>
> Doug and V2020 folk,
>
> The issue of what is and what is not assault (as it is stated in Idaho
> Code
> and as it is interpreted in this jurisdiction) has been discussed and
> revealed many times on this venue.  Making threats of the nature of what
> has
> been posted here, as I've explained many times before, over the internet
> does not remotely constitute imminence.  Furthermore, without proximity,
> the
> "apparent ability to do so" is highly suspect.  Again, I ask that people
> report crimes to the appropriate law enforcement agencies when they feel
> as
> though one has been committed.  If you have a question as to whether or
> not
> a threat on Vision 2020 is criminal, I am more than happy to answer that
> even if it requires me to consult with the prosecutor.  Sunil is also very
> well versed in criminal law (more so than I).
>
> --Jennifer
>
>
> PIO Jennifer L. McFarland
> Latah County Sheriff's Office
> Public Information Officer
> PO Box 8068
> Moscow, Idaho 83843
> (208) 882-2216
> Fax (208) 883-2281
>
> Truth is the summit of being; justice is the application of it to affairs.
> ***Ralph Waldo Emerson
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]
> On Behalf Of heirdoug at netscape.net
> Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 23:26
> To: vision2020 at moscow.com
> Subject: [Vision2020] For the love of the Code!
>
>
> Dear Blind 2020ers
>
> In light of some of the verbal threats against various posters here I
> thought it might behoove us to re-read the pertinent Idaho Code:
>
> TITLE  18
>   CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
>   CHAPTER 9
> ASSAULT AND BATTERY
> 18-901. ASSAULT DEFINED. An assault is:
> (a) An unlawful attempt, coupled with apparent ability, to commit a
> violent
> injury on the person of another; or (b) An intentional, unlawful threat by
> word or act to do violence to the person of another, coupled with an
> apparent ability to do so, and doing some act which creates a well-founded
> fear in such other person that such violence is imminent.
>
> Thought this might help?
>
> For the Love of the Code, Doug!
>
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