Woman writes letter to mother of mentally handicapped child and well...

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does canada define defamation differently from US?

Aljosa23

that is the broadest, vaguest thing i've ever heard.

Not that there aren't horrible people out there, but I have a feeling the letter is fake.

Storm_Marine

I really don't understand how some people think.  That's horrible.  

wow... just wow. i don't understand what kind of charges they think they have against the person tho? i mean, this woman is a HORRIBLE person... but that's not against the law. MuD3

wow... just wow. i don't understand what kind of charges they think they have against the person tho? i mean, this woman is a HORRIBLE person... but that's not against the law. MuD3

People like her really just needs to be taken out back and dealt with.

I am ashamed of this woman, what a disgrace.

[QUOTE="MuD3"]wow... just wow. i don't understand what kind of charges they think they have against the person tho? i mean, this woman is a HORRIBLE person... but that's not against the law. Pirate700

According to wikipedia on Criminal Defamation in Canada:

According to Article 298, a defamatory libel "is matter published, without lawful justification or excuse, that is likely to injure the reputation of any person by exposing him to hatred, contempt or ridicule, or that is designed to insult the person of or concerning whom it is published"

but it seems that the criminal charges are pretty rare

She should write an open-letter back to that lady. Something like:

To one pissed off mother!!!!

Me and my family, including my kid have as much a right to live in this neighborhood as you do, close proximity or not. I put my kid outside because he finds it fun to be out there and because its good for kids to spend some time outdoors. What would you have me do, coop him up like Boo freakin Radley? If you dont like the noise he makes wear some damn earmuffs, its cold out here anyway. And its not my fault that my kids little noise scares your pvssy ass kids. When I feel my kid needs fresh air, I can take him out to MY yard, because its my yard. I dont have to take him to no damn park and I can give a rats furry little ass about the nature trail.

My son is a beautiful, happy boy, who brings joy to our lives, he is not a hindrance. You ask who will care for him. I say his family and many of our neighbors that have a heart care greatly for him. You ask what employer will hire him, I am sure some employer will hire him, but I doubt your lazy ass kid will ever bother to seek a job. You say no girl is going to love/marry him, but I bet some hot chick will marry him, meanwhile your kids wont get no girls cause they so damn ugly. I know I wont live forever, but if we should meet me and my fryin pan will probably live longer than you. They will take no parts of him for science, but scientists wouldnt even accept any parts from your cowardly kids (mustve taken after their momma). You ask what right I have "to do this to hard working people", I have the same rights everyone else does, and I bet you dont work hard at all, you probably sit on the couch watching Dr.Phil and eating hot pockets all day.

I aint moving, so If you dont like our family, then you can be the one to move.

Sincerely,

"The lady living at this address".

That mother who wrote the letter her english is horrible.

That mother who wrote the letter her english is horrible.

CommandoAgent

I really wouldn't expect much out of a woman who wants to euthanize the mentally handicapped

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but nothing she wrote seems to be defamatory. Rude perhaps

Aljosa23

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but nothing she wrote seems to be defamatory. Rude perhaps

whipassmt

It's like the Sorting Hat from Harry Potter

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[QUOTE="Aljosa23"]That's up to the Crown to decide. I'm just saying what the law is here.

lostrib

It's like the Sorting Hat from Harry Potter

That's terrible but let's not escalate this...

Is this real?

This sounds so ridiculous and ignorant I can't believe anyone actually writing that for real. 

what a f*cking bitchheeweesRus

I'd strangle the b!tch to death myself.foxhound_fox

[QUOTE="foxhound_fox"]I'd strangle the b!tch to death myself.nomsayin

[QUOTE="nomsayin"][QUOTE="foxhound_fox"]I'd strangle the b!tch to death myself.DavesAlt

Michael Shannon should do another dramatic reading.

Michael Shannon should do another dramatic reading.

Brutal_Elitegs

That note saddens but doesn't surprise me.

Pirate700

This. 

What an ignorant cvnt she is. 

There was no reason to take the time out of her day to type something like that Starchaser187

she must not be one of those "hard working people" that the kid is bothering

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That's just terrible.

Well, that letter certainly escalated quickly, beyond what was necessary. 

If it had gone more like, "Dear mother of mentally handicapped child. Very sorry for your kid's condition, but when he's outside, he makes a horrible wailing noise, which terrifies the other children, and is extremely bothersome to everyone within earshot. Please see if there is a way you can make him stop doing that", I would have been on her side.

It's hard to take the letter seriously with all those damn exclamation points.

Says no one has the guts to tell them in face, send an anonymous letter.

Ugh this is disgusting...thankfully their neighborhood is shown supportive of the family and is attempting to find who wrote the letter.

I'd strangle the b!tch to death myself.foxhound_fox

yeah, that's justified.

Seriously, internet. Get some fvcking standards.

A family is in shock and a community has united after an anonymous hate letter was written about a young boy living with severe autism.

Karla Begley told CityNews her son Max, 13, stays with his grandmother in the morning during the summer time. It was at that home in Newcastle where letter was delivered on Friday.

I was shaking when I was reading it, Brenda Millson, Maxs grandmother, told CityNews. Its awful words. You dont know why somebody would ever do such a thing.

The typed, one-page letter refers to the young boy as a nuisance and a wild animal before suggesting the family move or euthanize the child.

Begley says the police have been contacted and should they have grounds, charges will be filed against the letters author.

http://www.citynews.ca/2013/08/18/family-in-shock-after-hate-letter-targets-teen-with-autism/

ummm. wtf. I don't usually condone internet justice but this lady is sure screwed if a certain website finds out who she is.

Aljosa23

that women should rot in hell

I doubt a mother wrote that; seems like the work of a teenager.

This is disappointing. I live next door to a child with disabilities and that child is one of the most wonderful unique people I have had the experience of interacting with. Such a gentle and beautiful soul. 

Honestly, I feel that the letter could be a fake. If someone was really that angry I don't think they'd focus so much on the punctuation. Just seems way too extreme overall. I feel it could likely be some stupid teenage "internet warrior's" attempt at a prank.

Letter sent to autistic boy's grandmother hateful, but not a hate crime: police.

"Despite the hateful language used the content of the letter falls below the threshold for a hate crime," police said in a statement Tuesday. "However, there are other Criminal Code issues that are being considered."

Police say that there is a criminal investigation currently underway.

CTV

It'd be a terrible feeling to be the parents right now. I wouldn't feel safe at all leaving my son in the same neighbourhood as that crazy woman. I do really hope they found the woman so they can deal with her in the appropriate manner.