Legal Question in Criminal Law in Texas
Harassment--Texas Penal Code
Sending a fax that said "Fuck you" is criminal in the state of Texas? If thats all the fax said and nothing else, how can it been assumed sexual in nature, if it is only intended as an insult? "Kiss my ass", "eat shit" are not literal in nature, they are simple insults......this has nothing to do with a job or sexual harassment....purely a criminal case.
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Re: Harassment--Texas Penal Code
The perjorative "fuck you" is an obsenity. Delivering obsenities verbally or by fax or in writing is the crime, not whether or not it is sexual in nature.
It is not a serious crime, but a crime nonetheless. We live in a Puritan society and such actions are not always appreciated by others, or seen with the humor sometimes intended.
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