Defamation & Litigation

[Jules Siegel]

At 04:19 PM 05/1/97 -0400, doktor at primenet.com wrote:

>Gee.  I write proposing peace and you respond with the threat of
>litigation.  But having practiced law for ten years and specialized in
>civil litigation, I'm not remotely concerned.  If you do decide to commence
>an action against me, I'll gladly supply your counsel with my full name and
>address and will even stipulate that service of process may be waived,
>together with any affirmative defenses I might have for insufficiency of
>process.  Maybe these bully-boy tactics of yours work elsewhere; not here.
>
>Cheers,
>

Whaa? I'm not threatening. I'm just pointing out that you put really
insulting libelous messages about me on the list, don't even publish your
name and then have the nerve to propose peace. I'm not going to sue you. As
I said, it might be easy to prove libel but impossible to establish any
damages. I mean, who really cares other than me what dumb thing you say
about me? But you might libel some litigious personality with the muscle and
the interest to teach you a lesson you will never forget and then despite
your legal expertise you're going to be in real hot water. 

Repeat:

>>Think about these things. As someone else said, it isn't just Internet fun.
>>It's the real world. And some people can get very effectively nasty when
>>wounded. I am an extremely tolerant person in that respect and I am used to
>>be attacked by the ignorant. You sound as if you can be intelligent and
>>thoughtful. I think you owe me a public apology.

For Ripley.

This has to be the greatest example of self-serving noodle-brained
double-talk I have received in my brief life online. I suggest vitamin
therapy, organic food and a clean strait jacket every night.

I mean, really. Lecturing me abusively about ridiculous copyright
interpretations and then putting my private e-mail online! Will someone
explain the facts of life to this lad?

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