Cyber City writes:
To Black Unicorn:
Once upon a time, two strangers found a dog...
Likewise, when you were tested recently by net abuse, you went for relief to your master, the government.
I find this analogy pretty thin...
This is what distinguishes you from the rest of us.
"Us"?
We might react against the abuse (or we might not), but I think that none of us - or at least a very few - would have gone to court for relief.
I appreciate your input, but please do not presume to speak for me.
Despite your protestation, "I also don't like to be a bully", it seems to me that your pursuit of this case was predicated on your ability to be a bully and an insider.
An "insider", because he happens to know a judge? Sorry, but knowledge of the law is not some sort of exclusive privilege.
Like your colleagues Cantor and Seigel
!!!
You only had to find someone who was ill, and then kick him while he was down.
It has never been demonstrated to my satisfaction that tmp@netcom.com is ill, and while the suggestion has been made frequently I don't think we can use the supposition to accuse Mr. Unicorn of "kicking" a sick person. This is a serious twisting of the facts.
Was it Rousseau who said, "First, we kill all the lawyers"?
No; that's the most bizarre misattribution I've seen in a while...
The cost of a lawsuit in the U.S. today can easily be over $100,000.
Indeed; it might be $10,000,000!!! Or, of course, it might be nothing, and it might be that someone victimized by a frivolous lawsuit can sue to recover costs.
The cost of a contract murder is said to be $10,000-$50,000. Consider the economics.
I'm pretty quickly losing track of this train of thought. Are you suggesting that Mr. Unicorn should have consulted a mafioso instead of a judge?
I think there is a role to be played by lawyers in the future of the net. The net does not like litigation, because it interferes with the free flow of information.
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