Xref: utzoo rec.humor.d:1294 news.misc:2319 Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!ames!xanth!nic.MR.NET!shamash!raspail!bga 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 Lines: 32 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.).