Liberal social philosophy is at the root of the Missouri cyberbullying case, and proposed laws to address it could be used against Conservative bloggers.
Cyberbullying, Bad Law and the Decline of Civility
“Hard Cases, it is said, make bad law”
John Campbell Argyll
When a jury convicted 49 year old Lori Drew of O`Fallon Missouri (an ex-urb of St. Louis) in the now-infamous cyber-bullying case in which Drew posed as a teenage boy on Myspace to woo-then harass-13 year old Megan Meier, many were pleased that justice was done. But that pleasure quickly turned to disgust when it was learned that the jury`s verdict came with a standardized recommendation of probation and a large fine rather than jail time. The presiding judge in the case can still impose jail time at the sentencing hearing on May 18, and he is under considerable pressure to do so; the troubled young girl hanged herself as a result of Mrs. Drew`s harassment.
