25 Aug
2001
25 Aug
'01
10:19 a.m.
On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 02:10:18PM +0300, Sampo Syreeni wrote:
True. Yet harm gives you cause for Common Law action, no?
No. If I start a bakery that competes with yours and takes customers from yours, I have "harmed" you. Yet this is something that society encourages. If I successfully woo your girlfriend/boyfriend, I have "harmed" you. Yet this is seen as acceptable, or at least not illegal, behavior. What is "harmful" is not necessarily illegal or tortuous. -Declan