Some thoughts:
1. Huxley’s main comment here is on the mark, and the libertarian law bloggers are not.
2. Jim’s comment that “Personally I think she should be charged with conspiracy to commit murder. 1) She engaged other people in her criminal enterprise with a directed goal of causing this girl to commit suicide” is interesting, and not yet refuted here. I’m not familiar enough with with this case–is what Jim claims true?
3. Michele Catalano’s use of “mean,” “nasty,” and “hurtful” and the like minimizes Lori Drew’s darker and, frankly, murderous plotting, and the acute sufferings of the victim. I find it despicable that certain bloggers (including a favorite one of mine) are so concerned with this “precedent.” Really–do they really feel that millions of Americans will now find themselves facing criminal charges for not revealing their real names on their comment posts? And is people’s right to post anonymous comments on blogs really something so substantial next to the tragic death of a thirteen year-old girl anyway?
