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...original intent of harassment laws was to prevent discrimination, as in the 1986 Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson Supreme Court decision, or to stop threatening and anonymous phone calls. Even the seriously flawed 2006 Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act only punishes only those spammers who send e-mails “without disclosing his identity and with intent to annoy.” There is no precedent for a broad stroke against hurting people’s feelings on a social network...

Author: By Shai D. Bronshtein | Title: Criminalizing Meanness | 11/29/2007 | See Source »

...September l974, Vinson went to work as a teller trainee at Capital City Federal Savings & Loan Association (now called Meritor) in Washington. She says that the branch manager, Sidney Taylor, coerced her into a sexual relationship, sometimes having sex with her in the bank vault and in a basement storage area. When she pleaded with Taylor to leave her alone, Vinson says, he threatened her job and her life. She never complained to Capital City, and the bank says she rejected two opportunities to transfer to another branch. Vinson's version is that she asked for a transfer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Retreat for Advances? | 4/7/1986 | See Source »

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