10-11-2016, 03:51 PM
(10-11-2016, 03:39 PM)bfine32 Wrote: No the part about being a star gives you authority over someone. I'm sure the percieved part of the equation would have to stand the reasonable person test.
Being a star may give you referent power over some, but no authority.
I never said celebrity gives you authority, I said it can result in perceived authority. And perceived authority has stood up to legal tests. If the victim perceives authority is being held by their assailant, legitimate or not, then it is a coercive action using that authority.
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
