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Arawn-ap-Hywel · Apr 30, 2006, 04:45 pm

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world...764585,00.html

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Harassed women in New York are using a website to shame men behaving badly

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Inspired by Nguyen's use of technology, Lauren Spees and six friends launched a website, hollabacknyc.com, which invites people who have been sexually harassed in public to take a picture of the offender and post it online, thus shaming the guilty party.

The growing interest in the site, which receives an average of 1,500 hits a day, has been described as 'cyber vigilantism' by critics and raises new questions about where society draws the line between an innocent chat-up line and 'harassment'.

In the eight months, about 100 camera phone pictures have been posted on the site along with text accounts, or 'blogs', of the harassment suffered. Next month, British and European sites will launch under the banner: 'If you can't slap 'em, snap 'em!'

I think this is very fair, though fear some attacks from very sad males upon the picture taker. Though I hope the Ladies utilise this means carefully not for some vengence

**Jack** · Apr 30, 2006, 05:07 pm

I wonder what recourse the unfairly accused have?

Nono · Apr 30, 2006, 05:44 pm

Yeah, Isherwood, I've already posted your picture, which I got from the Volconvo pictures thread, as having relentlessly harrassed me. (Your welcome to post mine in retaliation, of course.)

This is another good-sounding idea (like libertarianism) that will go wrong.

**Jack** · Apr 30, 2006, 05:50 pm

All I said was that if that wasn't your tail in that one picture, I'd sure like to meet you in person.
How is that harrassment. :eek:

Apr 30, 2006, 05:07 pm	#2 (permalink) (top)
Jack formerly Isherwood Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 14,163	I wonder what recourse the unfairly accused have? The Forum Rules Radical Atheist Heathen Queer Let's agree to respect each others views, no matter how wrong yours may be. (Ashleigh Brilliant)

Apr 30, 2006, 05:44 pm	#3 (permalink) (top)
Nono Throbbing Member Location: Old Europe Posts: 7,439	Yeah, Isherwood, I've already posted your picture, which I got from the Volconvo pictures thread, as having relentlessly harrassed me. (Your welcome to post mine in retaliation, of course.) This is another good-sounding idea (like libertarianism) that will go wrong. "I wish I was as cocksure of anything as Tom Macaulay is of everything." -- Viscount Melbourne

Apr 30, 2006, 05:50 pm	#4 (permalink) (top)
Jack formerly Isherwood Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 14,163	All I said was that if that wasn't your tail in that one picture, I'd sure like to meet you in person. How is that harrassment. :eek: The Forum Rules Radical Atheist Heathen Queer Let's agree to respect each others views, no matter how wrong yours may be. (Ashleigh Brilliant)