^^ I dont know if there are no consequences on the internet. I am going to keep my personal feelings out of it as I believe in the free speech; most people wont like what I have to say. I will, however, refference a news broadcast I have recently seen that talks about an extreme case.
see that nietzsche !!!! ... if people can do whatever they want THIS happens.
http://jonathanturley.org/2010/04/25/prosecutors-charge-former-nurse-with-encouraging-suicide/
Prosecutors Charge Former Nurse With Encouraging Suicide
There is a fascinating case in Minneapolis that raises some important free speech issues in an assisted suicide case. William Melchert-Dinkel, 47, was charged with two felony counts of aiding suicide under a Minnesota law that criminalizes even verbal encouragement of suicide. Adding to the novelty is the fact that state prosecutors are charging Melchert-Dinkel in deaths that occurred not only outside the state but outside the country.
Melchert-Dinkel is accused of encouraging the suicides of Mark Drybrough, 32, who hanged himself at his home in Coventry, England, in 2005; and Nadia Kajouji, 18, of Brampton, Ontario, who drowned in 2008 in a river in Ottawa, where she was studying at Carleton University. He has said that he may have encouraged dozens of people to commit suicide and enjoyed the “thrill” of getting people to kill themselves.
He posed as a female nurse under such names as “Cami,” “falcongirl,” “li dao” and others and supplied information on how the individuals could kill themselves.
For example, an email found on Drybrough’s computer from Melchert-Dinkel showed him giving technical advice on how to hang yourself from a door, “you can easily hang from a door using the knob onw (on the other) side to tie the rope to, sling it over the top of the door, attach the noose or loop to yourself then step off and hang successfully.”
I have long been critical of the underlying law as, in my view, an unconstitutional infringement on free speech. This is obviously a sick and demented individual. However, the state is asserting the right to criminalize speech that encourages the commission of a criminal act.
That would be a standard that could sweep into areas ranging from civil disobedience to whistleblowing. We have historically distinguished speech from conduct as in the prosecution of Dr. Jack Kevorkian who was shown to have taken direct action in setting up the killing device. Many people have strong political and religious reasons for supporting the right to suicide and supply information on how to commit suicide with the least amount of pain.
Melchert-Dinkel appears not just a poor excuse for a person but he was a poor excuse for a nurse. He was repeatedly cited for neglectIng patients and being too rough with them. His license was revoked last June
