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<blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 6891303" data-attributes="member: 8835">I have no doubt this escalated quickly, so anybody thinking of doing a smarter thing was unlikely.&nbsp; Its unfortunate as a Ref got involved and that raised the stakes quite a bit.At its core however, looking at anything in reasonable sight cannot be a crime.&nbsp; This situation lacked proximity, words or unwelcome touch.&nbsp; Therefore, like the example of 2 people on opposite sides of the street, it can't be harrassment.&nbsp; Though I'm sure somebody has an alternative instance where it could be, but at somepoint, a line needs to be drawn.Given that the original article had pretty obvious instances of people within 10 feet or less saying stuff that could be reasonably assumed to be directed at her or innappropriate grabbing, I think being &quot;way over there and just looking at you&quot; needs to qualify as &quot;not harrassment&quot; until we solve the really obvious bad stuff.&nbsp; Because comedy writers have been mining the &quot;whatchu lookin at&quot; mistake of not properly identifying what another being is looking at for decades.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Janx, post: 6891303, member: 8835"] I have no doubt this escalated quickly, so anybody thinking of doing a smarter thing was unlikely. Its unfortunate as a Ref got involved and that raised the stakes quite a bit. At its core however, looking at anything in reasonable sight cannot be a crime. This situation lacked proximity, words or unwelcome touch. Therefore, like the example of 2 people on opposite sides of the street, it can't be harrassment. Though I'm sure somebody has an alternative instance where it could be, but at somepoint, a line needs to be drawn. Given that the original article had pretty obvious instances of people within 10 feet or less saying stuff that could be reasonably assumed to be directed at her or innappropriate grabbing, I think being "way over there and just looking at you" needs to qualify as "not harrassment" until we solve the really obvious bad stuff. Because comedy writers have been mining the "whatchu lookin at" mistake of not properly identifying what another being is looking at for decades. [/QUOTE]

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