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Article #3873Apology from Dr Laurence Godfrey
From: Ferg
Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2002 06:54
Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2002 06:54
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NOSPAM@mediaone.net (TMG) wrote in message news:<3c858124.573845@netnews.attbi.com>... > On Wed, 06 Mar 2002 15:00:37 +1300, Col <jake.the.muss@the.marae.com> > wrote: > > >On Wed, 06 Mar 2002 01:24:41 GMT, NOSPAM@mediaone.net (TMG) wrote: > > > >>On 5 Mar 2002 12:53:13 -0800, Laurence_Godfrey@hotmail.com (Dr > >>Laurence Godfrey) wrote: > >> > >>>Hello, my name is Dr Laurence Godfrey. > >>> > >>>My purpose in writing to you today is to apologise to the whole wide > >>>world for being a humourless, litigation-happy, twatarse. > >>> > >>>In the past, many of you have tried to have a bit of fun and > >>>excitement by posting all sorts of ridiculous nonsense on the internet > >>>and I sincerely apologise for my brutal legal responses to all those > >>>harmless bits of fun. > >>> > >>>I especially would like to apologise to all those from whom I have > >>>extracted apologies and money by using the threat of legal blackmail. > >>>My attitude has been mean and nasty and I promise that I will change. > >>> > >>>Last, but not least, I would like to apologise to the legal > >>>fraternity, especially the courts and magistrates whose time I have > >>>shamelessly wasted with my vindictive and specious claims of having > >>>suffered "harm" as a result of the clearly completely ridiculous > >>>nonsense that all sorts of people have felt the need to post about me > >>>on the internet. > >>> > >>>And I promise to return to my studies of creationist science, > >>>flat-earth theory, and time-travel with no further interruptions for > >>>threatening to sue people who have annoyed me. > >>> > >>>God bless you all. > >> > >>Thank goodness you've come to your senses. I warms my heart to see > >>people finally come around, even if it is a bit late. > >> > >>Dr. Laurence Godfrey, I for one accept your seemingly sincere apology. > >>I'm sorry that such a huge amount of bandwidth was expended to get us > >>all here, but I believe you are to be commended for your insight into > >>your personal Demons. > >> > >>Bless you Dr. Laurence Godfrey, and thank you for taking time out of > >>your busy day to "apologize to the whole wide world for being a > >>humorless, litigation-happy, twatarse.". While I'm not exactly sure > >>what a "twatarse" is Dr. Laurence Godfrey, I can certainly imagine > >>that it's nothing you're proud of, and it takes a big man to admit > >>he's been one. > >> > >>Thanks for restoring my sense of hope. > >> > >>Kind Regards - > > > >Yes . It does one good to see someone who is man enough to admit he was wrong . > >Now is the money going to be returned I wonder ? > > > >-- > >Col > > > >Col's law. > >Thinly sliced cabbage.. > > I don't really know. I would presume so, but since the claim was that > it was going to charity, I'm not sure. Now that Dr. Laurence Godfrey > has apolgized " to the whole wide world for being a humorless, > litigation-happy, twatarse.", I'm not sure that it's right to get the > money back from a charity simply, in his words, because he "extracted > apologies and money by using the threat of legal blackmail". Maybe Dr. > Laurence Godfrey will repay the funds from his own monies. I assume > that there may be some money in Dr. Laurence Godfrey's self-professed > fields of study "creationist science, flat-earth theory, and > time-travel ", so maybe he can foot the bill himself. Perhaps Dr. > Laurence Godfrey and another introspective thinker could "team up" for > the common good. Last I heard, Mr. Archimedes Plutonium was making > similar great contributions to both science and society. However I do > want to make this very clear, I have no specific knowledge that Dr. > Laurence Godfrey and Mr. Archimedes Plutonium would even get along > well enough to collaborate, it's just a personal "gut feeling" that > they might be a good fit. > > Kind Regards - Can he sue himself for slander now?
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