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From: bga@raspail.UUCP (Bruce Albrecht)
Newsgroups: rec.humor.d,news.misc
Subject: Re: Sue the bastard  (was Jonathan Richmond jeopardizes the Usenet)
Keywords: Boston_Herald
Message-ID: <1083@raspail.UUCP>
Date: 7 Dec 88 14:19:52 GMT
References: <20539@mirror.UUCP> <1991@stiatl.UUCP>
Organization: Control Data Corporation, Arden Hills, MN
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In article <1991@stiatl.UUCP>, john@stiatl.UUCP (John DeArmond) writes:
] [insults to Richmond deleted]
] 
] What I think needs to be done is for us in the Usenet community to form
] a legal defense fund so that Brad can file a libel suit against this [insult
] deleted] and his cohorts in the newspapers.  The one way to crush such drivel 
] is through their pocketbooks.  If Brad does not have the time, then surely
] we can find someone else who has been slandered or libeled.  
] 
] [more insults to Richmond deleted]
] 
] I'll volunteer my time to administer such a fund if there is any interest.  
] I'll also kick in a couple of hundred bucks to get it going.
] 
] What do you think, netlanders?   Are we going to let [another insult
] deleted] ruin the net for everybody?  I sure hope not.   Let's get a 
] discussion going.  I've changed the subject line to "Sue the Bastard"
] to reflect the new subject thread.  Lets talk it up and get moving!!
] 
] John De Armond
] gatech!stiatl!john


I wonder if Jonathan Richmond would have a case for suing people like you for
describing him as you did in this posting.  I believe that Richmond was overly
sensitive about the original joke, and I don't think he should have complained
to the newspapers about this.  However, I think the idea of suing Richmond
because he is trying to fight anti-semitism as he sees it is stupid and petty
minded.  I doubt that this will be remembered more than a week or two by the
general public, and will have little effect on the net, unless people like
you keep make inflammatory statements about the principal parties (Templeton,
Richmond, etc.).