U.S man arrested for seizure inducing tweet..

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It doesn't matter what caused the seizure. The important thing here is intent. Assault with a weapon is still a crime even if you miss.

Not if they can prove it was sent with mal intent, which, due to the man's own statements, they can.

Personally I would like to see those who harass, stalk, threaten, and in this case, assault via the internet prosecuted more often. Sending threatening messages via the internet is no different than sending threatening letters through the mail, or making threatening phone calls. There isn't much difference between someone sending unsolicited photos of their genitals, and someone exposing their genitals in person...except a woman would likely feel more threatened in person because of the possibility of rape, but the charge is lewd or lascivious behavior, and there is no reason that should not apply when one sends an unsolicited photo of their genitals online.

Sure it's difficult to actually physically assault someone online, but this guy found a way and should be prosecuted for it.

Not really because any thing that can be used as a weapon in a manner that can result in death meets the legal requirements for deadly weapon. If you intentionally flung peanut butter at someone you knew had a severe peanut butter allergy that could result in death, then you have used that peanut butter as a deadly weapon.

As for how they can determine that it was that person's image that caused the seizure, I imagine that will be discussed in court but I can think of a variety of ways personally.

Did you post it with the intent of triggering a grand mal seizure, or with the knowledge that doing so could cause them to have a grand mal seizure, and if so, did you send it to them specifically while knowing that?

How did you arrive at the conclusion that I was trying to "troll"? And who is this "target" of my trolling?

You obviously painted yourself into a corner, and I was trying to protect your delicate self from inevitable ass kicking. Why else would you plead for everyone else to "move on"?

With me, a hardhearted and evil conservative, there's no telling. We live to do harm, ya know...

Wow!
You tried to protect a little snowflake like me for a cyber-asswhoopin'!
How noble of you.

It's something common for those with epilepsy, though. The lady who was my wife's Maid of Honor at our wedding has epilepsy, and she has had seizures induced by strobe lights.

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Exactly the guy admits he intended to cause the seizure and hoped it caused the death of the victim, I don't see how it's different than having physically went and tracked down the victim to expose him to seizure inducing stimuli.

Also recently I got my debit card virtually stolen by some hacker on a game I play...sure I still physically had the card but they had hacked my account and got my debit information so for all intents and purposes it was stolen. I got my money back and a new card...but yeah trying to say this shouldn't be seen as a crime is like saying it shouldn't be a crime to steal from someone if you do it over the Internet.

I suppose the authorities should also ignore it if someone threatens a mass shooting or something like that as well...because to do anything would just be catering to 'special snowflakes' offended about things on the Internet according to some it would seem anyways.