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You hurt someone intentionally, you should not be breathing free air for a while.

Genuine question; is that only physically? If I like causing people pain and anguish and suffering, and my weapon of choice is words, should I also be incarcerated because I hurt people intentionally? I tend towards not giving people a free pass simply because their weapon of choice is words, but (amongst other things) the US has a reputation for being very permissive with the spoken word.



Please don't equate words with physical violence. It's Orwellian and the only purpose it serves is to destabilize society.


Agreed with the sibling comments, physical violence is an entirely different beast than verbal "violence".


Sticks and stones may break my bones…

I think there is a massive difference between physical violence (and property crime) and words. What sort of words are you envisioning here?


> If I like causing people pain and anguish and suffering, and my weapon of choice is words, should I also be incarcerated because I hurt people intentionally?

No, you shouldn't be incarcerated for that. You would be an asshole if you intentionally caused people anguish with your words, but being an asshole is not a crime (and shouldn't be).


Or I'm a greedy or incompe exec taking silly risks and now people are out of a livelihood and are hurting because of my actions




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