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Apology from Dr Laurence Godfrey

#3873
From: Ferg
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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Subject: Apology from Dr Laurence Godfrey
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