On Sat, 23 Dec 1995, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
Fred Cohen writes:
The dollar value would be $1 plus a public apology plus all costs of the suit plus my time to right the wrong (at my usual fee of course). Of course the fact that you have decided to make this posting in public justifies my extensive efforts to clear my reputation which, unless you apologize immediately will be surprisingly enjoyable for me.
Go and sue, Fred. Its what I have lawyers for. If you can even find an attorney willing to take your "case", mine will likely remind yours that lawyers can now be punished by the court in many jurisdictions for knowingly aiding in bringing frivolous suits. If you are seeking $1 in damages the court is especially likely to consider the whole thing a waste of time.
Your choice, but it's not a very nice Christmas present to find yourself in litigation. I'll give you till Tuesday to reconsider. If I see the public apology, I won't call the lawyers.
If I were you, I would talk to those lawyers of yours and get their opinion of whether it's worth your while to be malicious toward people in this way in exchange for defending against a law suit when all you have to do to prevent it is apologize for what you now know to be a falsehood.
How, exactly, does Perry (or anyone else here) "know" it to be a falsehood. Fred denies it. If I was posting anonymously and was accused of being the anonymous poster, I'd deny it too. Oh, I forgot, someone posting as one of the "Alices" denied it too. That makes it conclusive. This anonymity thing is easier than I thought. EBD Not a lawyer on the Net, although I play one in real life. ********************************************************** Flame away! I get treated worse in person every day!!