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Article #8111Re: Who remembers this guy?
From: Theo_Delight
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 00:37
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 00:37
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On 20 Aug, 23:42, rich...@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) wrote: > In article <5itk8lF3qug0...@mid.individual.net>, > > The Todal <deadmail...@beeb.net> wrote: > >But he isn't. He's an intelligent, good-humoured, helpful person, who has > >offered much good advice on usenet. I've met him in person. I liked him. > > But he seems to be rather unwise. I am sure there are thousands of > people like me who would otherwise never have heard of him but now > know him only as someone who sues people who disagree with him on > usenet. His lawsuits and threats may have been completely justified, > but have they really had the effect he wanted? Except that most of the libels over which he sued were egregiously vile, sordid and wholly false allegations about his personal life; to protect his good name and his professional status, he really had little option other than to sue. Had he not done so, the number of people who believed such lies would probably have been many times greater than just a few idiots who will believe almost anything including the idea that one can seek libel damages over a simple difference of opinion. -- x /|\
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