Couldn't resist the title. It turns out that an italian who sent a girl an unsolicited compliment over SMS has been fined.
"A judge in the northern Italian town of Padua on Monday found a man who sent an unsolicited compliment by SMS guilty of harassment and fined him 300 euros ($391), Italian news agency Ansa reported."
The full story is here
Realistically, why should textual communication be treated any differently from making a phonecall or sending an email/letter?
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