The Lord alerted my mind to the presence of this EVIL article by Hans
Zarkov, and I thusly replied: 

In article <F+AUKODzFe+$Ew3c@dvsvds.nut>, I'm not Phil I'm a sock
<ng_abuse@yahoogroups.co.uk> wrote: 

Reverend Parson Peter Parsnip vomited [NOMINATION: Harry Bloomfield]
Re: For everyones consideration. onto my velour:

The Lord alerted my mind to the presence of this EVIL article by Harry
Bloomfield, and I thusly replied:

Protection from Harassment Act 1997

The Protection from Harassment Act has separate sections for
[England and Wales] and Scotland. It prohibits a course of conduct
which amounts to harassment of another and which --

"(a) is intended to amount to harassment of that person; or (b)
occurs in circumstances where it would appear to a reasonable person
that it would amount to harassment of that person."

As defined in the act, "harassment" would include alarming the
person or causing the person distress.

You can find the full text of this law online, but it might be more
helpful to
read Barrister Addison's edited version, as he incorporates s7(3A)
added to
the Act by s44 Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001.



Malicious Communications Act 1998

The Malicious Communications Act 1998, as amended by Section 43
Criminal
Justice and Police Act 2001 states:

(1) Any person who sends to another person

(a) a letter, electronic communication or article of any description
which conveys 

(i) a message which is indecent or grossly offensive

(ii) a threat or

(iii) information which is false and known or believed to be false
by the sender or

(b) any article or electronic communication which is, in whole or
part, of an indecent or grossly offensive nature,

is guilty of an offence if his purpose, or one of his purposes, in
sending it
is that it should, so far as falling within paragraph (a) or (b)
above, cause distress or anxiety to the recipient or to any other
person to whom he intends that it or its contents or nature should
be communicated. 

Good one, Harry. Better go and tell the cops that you're getting
spanked left right and centre on Usenet and it's really pissing you
off! 

A sign of success. And a sign of a kook.

Kook!

Seconded. Harry was doing so well keeping quiet, he obviously just 
snapped. And this time it wasn't his osteoporosis that caused it.

Um, which award are you nominating him to?

I wish I knew. 

-- 
The Reverend Parson Peter Parsnip
Smiting Sinful Usenet Users Since 1874

"A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord; even to his
tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the Lord." 
- Deuteronomy 23:2