Well this one just plain humdinger moral-maze stumps me – I don’t dispute the issues at stake are both important and sensitive, but there just seems so much potential for litigation in this story:

[www.post-gazette.com]

Like:

1. Is this potentially a conflict with free-speech legislation?
2. Come to that, is she of an age where she is legally responsible?
3. Were she of even lower age, would her parents be liable for her actions?
4. If she mailshotted people (eg: David Blunkett) without their consent, are they guilty of a statutory offence?

I imagine that (2) is a given, if she’s been arrested, but the rest… Argh.