Tuesday, December 28, 2010

New Hampshire

 New Hampshire's new motto:
'Live politely or die'

Thus, the statute covers, among other things,

  1. Several blog posts using “offensively coarse language” about a local politician, businessman, activist, professor, and so on said with a “purpose to annoy” the subject or his friends.
  2. Several blog posts or alternative newspaper articles using “offensively coarse language” about a race, religion, or political movement said with a “purpose to annoy” members of the group.
  3. Several facebook posts or chat room messages using “offensively coarse language” to condemn an ex-lover who has, say, cheated on the author (or otherwise allegedly mistreated the author), said with a “purpose to annoy” the ex-lover.
  4. Several facebook posts using “offensively coarse language” to condemn some service provider — lawyer, doctor, plumber, or what have you — for that provider’s alleged mistreatment or poor service, said with a “purpose to annoy” the service provider.


There goes New Hampshire

Repeat 100 Times:

It will be an offense against the Republic, and the Constitution, not to hang these New Hampshire MFCS by their MFCS necks.  Or slash their MFCS tires (for pacifists).

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Well, that marks a lowering of The Bar. Used to be you'd have to actually achieve *offending* someone. Now all ya gotta do is intend to *annoy* 'em.


Speech Control for Couch Potatoes.
*puzzled look*

e~C

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Anonymous said...

Gee, that pretty well does me in. My purpose in life has been to annoy.
mary

Anonymous said...

Where did you get a pic of bwarney's sphincter?

Chuck Martel said...

Portions of a similar statute were recently struck down by the South Carolina Supreme Court as being unconstitutionally vague. I expect the same thing will happen in New Hampshire.

"We find subsection (3) is unconstitutionally vague because the words "humiliate," "insult," and "scare" are not sufficiently definite to give reasonable notice of the prohibited conduct. This provision is subjective because the words that humiliate, insult, or scare one person may not have the same effect on another person. Therefore, people of common intelligence may be forced to guess at the provision's meaning and may differ as to its applicability. "

http://www.judicial.state.sc.us/opinions/displayOpinion.cfm?caseNo=26888

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