Effective October
1, 2013, Anthem Opinions will no longer accept comments on an "anonymous"
basis, and, in order to post, YOU MUST BE A SUBSCRIBER to ANTHEM OPINIONS.
This is due to the following Nevada law that became effective on
that date.
Here is the law in Nevada which we
sincerely ask each and every resident to support.
Threats, harassment and other
conduct prohibited; penalty.
1. A community manager, an agent or employee of the
community manager, a member of the executive board, an officer, employee or
agent of an association, a unit’s owner or a guest or tenant of a unit’s owner
shall not willfully and without legal authority threaten, harass or otherwise
engage in a course of conduct against any other person who is the community
manager of his or her common-interest community or an agent or employee of that
community manager, a member of the executive board of his or her association, an
officer, employee or agent of his or her association, another unit’s owner in
his or her common-interest community or a guest or tenant of a unit’s owner in
his or her common-interest community which:
(a) Causes harm or serious emotional distress, or the
reasonable apprehension thereof, to that person;
or
(b) Creates a hostile environment for that
person.
2. A person who violates the provisions of
subsection 1 is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Added to NRS by 2013,
2529)
NRS 388.122
“Bullying”
defined.
“Bullying”
means a willful act which is written, verbal or physical, or a course of conduct
on the part of one or more persons which is not authorized by law and which
exposes a person repeatedly and over time to one or more negative actions which
is highly offensive to a reasonable person
and:
1. Is intended to cause or actually causes the person to
suffer harm or serious emotional distress;
2. Exploits an imbalance in power between the person
engaging in the act or conduct and the person who is the subject of the act or
conduct;
3. Poses a threat of immediate harm or actually
inflicts harm to another person or to the property of another
person;
4. Places the person in reasonable fear of harm or
serious emotional distress; or
5. Creates an environment which is hostile to a
pupil by interfering with the education of the
pupil.
(Added to NRS by 2009,
687; A 2011,
2245; 2013,
1655, 2138)
“Cyber-bullying” defined.
“Cyber-bullying” means bullying through the use of electronic
communication.
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As you can see, this law now makes harassing comments toward another person a
CRIMINAL OFFENSE; and as a result, those who choose to make such comments,
not only subject themselves to CIVIL litigation,
but as of October 1, 2013, CRIMINAL PROSECUTION as
well.
Anthem Opinions has NEVER allowed such commentary; however, at times, comments
have been posted by individuals on an "anonymous" basis that have occasionally
"slipped through the cracks" prior to our ability to remove them that may be
considered "harassment" under this Nevada law.
As a result, we will no longer accept posts from those unwilling to provide
their REAL NAME.
We will, however, accept
posts via email to anthemopinions@gmail.com on a private
basis, and will post them on your behalf under the following
conditions:
On the email to scaopinions@gmail.com, you MUST identify yourself with a REAL NAME that we can VERIFY
prior to the post.
If, in our opinion, we
find the email "offensive" or "harassing", it will NOT be posted.
We will look for every
opportunity to post your comment; however, to do
so, Anthem
Opinions reserves the right to edit such posts to remove language we find
offensive, or correct other aspects such as
grammatical or spelling errors.
As our Welcome Screen
indicates, our objective is to ENTERTAIN, not
HUMILIATE.
...that at times we will
be CONTROVERSIAL, but in a RESPECTFUL manner.
Thank
you.
Dick Arendt & Allen
Weintraub
Anthem
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