Judge to rule if 'meowing' is harassment

Lost Ghost · #11

Unbelievable....

#12

what's the legal definition of harrassment?

what's the world coming to ?

next thing u know somebody cries harrassment because somebody looked in his direction.

#13

god, starting to sound like the back seat of my parents' station wagon when we took long trips...

Mooooooooooom, Kenny's on my side of the seeeeeeaat.

Next life I'll just sue his ass! LOL

#14

The legal definition of harassment, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is:

"A course of conduct directed at a specific person that causes substantial emotional distress in such person and serves no legitimate purpose" or "Words, gestures, and actions which tend to annoy, alarm and abuse (verbally) another person."

Now, the cats meow cannot be DIRECTED at anyone. So, the Harassment is a bunch of crap. And, the kid cannot control when and where the cat chooses to meow... but, one cannot determine what is annoying to a person. Anybody can be annoyed by anything.

#15

QUOTE(deepdiver32073)Next life I'll just sue his ass! LOL

Better yet, get a restraining order so he has to ride in the travel trailer and not in the car.

#16

But how would I get lots of easy cash from him that way. I'd sue him for pain and suffering with triple damages. Of course, he's about as poor as I am. His ex raped him in court. And she was cheating on HIM! That's why I hate lawyers and the court system.

Bot · #17

QUOTE(ruffriders23)Now, the cats meow cannot be DIRECTED at anyone. So, the Harassment is a bunch of crap. And, the kid cannot control when and where the cat chooses to meow... but, one cannot determine what is annoying to a person. Anybody can be annoyed by anything.

This is the second or third time you've mentioned a cat... I don't know if you're just trying to be funny, but there's no cat!

#18

There was a cat initially that the old woman said was bothering her by getting in her yard (puhleeze!) The family of the boy gave the cat to a family member and now she's saying that the boy is harassing her by 'meowing'.

End of synopsis.

#19

Thus... there was a cat. I would have just stuck to the "The cat did it" story if I were him.

Bot · #20

QUOTE(deepdiver32073)There was a cat initially that the old woman said was bothering her by getting in her yard (puhleeze!) The family of the boy gave the cat to a family member and now she's saying that the boy is harassing her by 'meowing'.

End of synopsis.

The cat doesn't really have anything to do with it, though... the case is about the boy meowing.