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- From: lachman@netcom.com (Hans Lachman)
- Subject: Re: legal question re anonymity online
- Message-ID: <1993Jan11.014705.11465@netcom.com>
- Organization: Netcom
- References: <C0M7Fv.9sA@world.std.com> <BZS.93Jan10152122@world.std.com> <C0ns5y.DxA@world.std.com>
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 01:47:05 GMT
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- In article <C0ns5y.DxA@world.std.com> mkj@world.std.com (Mahatma Kane-Jeeves) writes:
- >jsteiner@anwsun.phya.utoledo.edu (jason 'Think!' steiner) writes:
- >>
- >>... legislation should -not- be treated as a cure-all....
- >
- >You seem to be of the opinion that, at least in certain cases, we
- >should have the freedom to harm one another without fear of legal
- >recourse. I find this a poor ideal.
-
- Wake up dude, nobody has or wants that kind of freedom. We
- already have laws that give you a legal recourse against
- those who harm you. Where have you been?
-
- You've been trying real hard to argue that you should be able
- to sue not only the party who harmed you, but anyone who is
- even peripherally involved in the circumstances in which the
- harm occured. Are you a card-carrying member of the "Committee
- to Increase Litigiousness in America"? I still want to know
- (refer to my earlier post) whether you would sue the soap
- manufacturer if you got attacked after standing on one of
- their soap boxes to deliver a controversial speech. I hope
- you are starting to realize how absurd this discussion is.
-
- Hans Lachman
- lachman@netcom.com
-