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behe...@hotmail.com> wrote in message...
-I do check in periodically.
Short answer now, hopefully longer later.
Your, "That is why I asked if this kind of writing was restricted."
Certainly not, as far as I am aware.
I do note the following that I posted about before:
"Encouraging Suicide Isn't a Crime, Minnesota Court Says
By Joe Palazzolo
Encouraging someone to commit suicide is not a crime, Minnesota's
high court ruled Wednesday, reversing the conviction of a nurse who
urged people to hang themselves and let him watch via webcam.
William F. Melchert-Dinkel had been found guilty under a law that made
that it illegal to "advise, encourage, or assist" in a suicide. The [...]
http://www.startribune.com/local/west/251116591.html
or
http://stream.wsj.com/story/latest-headlines/SS-2-63399/
Reversing the conviction of an ex-nurse who relentlessly urged two people
online to kill themselves, the Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected
on constitutional grounds the state's ban on encouraging and advising
suicide.
The ruling still allows prosecution of people whose direct assistance causes
a suicide, which could include a physical act or even use of speech. That
portion of the law, the justices said, doesn't violate First Amendment
free-speech protections.
The controversial case of William Melchert-Dinkel will now be sent back to
Rice County District Court, where a judge will have to decide if the former
nurse from Faribault intentionally assisted rather than encouraged the
suicides of Mark Drybrough, 32, of England, and Nadia Kajouji, 18, of
Ontario. Melchert-Dinkel posed as a young, suicidal, female nurse and tried
to persuade the victims to hang themselves while he watched via webcam."
Less stories, seems that way, but perhaps because the newsgroups
have become 'dead' and there is not just one or two big
players in that kink on the "blogs" etc. ?
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