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1996-10-27 - Re: slander and call for lawyers. :)

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From: “William H. Geiger III” <whgiii@amaranth.com>
To: Black Unicorn <cypherpunks@toad.com
Message Hash: 5931a15266c844fd01aa7737dbab5d0f4d87e6da5ad39c372e580da46f302bfb
Message ID: <199610271337.HAA26385@mailhub.amaranth.com>
Reply To: <Pine.SUN.3.94.961026164648.10071G-100000@polaris>
UTC Datetime: 1996-10-27 13:24:02 UTC
Raw Date: Sun, 27 Oct 1996 05:24:02 -0800 (PST)

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From: "William H. Geiger III" <whgiii@amaranth.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Oct 1996 05:24:02 -0800 (PST)
To: Black Unicorn <cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: slander and call for lawyers. :)
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In <Pine.SUN.3.94.961026164648.10071G-100000@polaris>, on 10/26/96 at 04:48 PM,
   Black Unicorn <unicorn@schloss.li> said:

>On Fri, 25 Oct 1996, Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM wrote:

>> Sandy Sandfort <sandfort@crl.com> writes:
>> > 
>> > On Fri, 25 Oct 1996, Black Unicorn wrote to Dimitri:
>> > 
>> > > If you don't watch it I'll have a pair of my staff represent
>> > > [Ray] free of charge.
>> > 
>> > Now THAT would be a community service.
>> 
>> Why don't you use the funds pledges for my defunct trip to California
>> for Ray's lithium bill.

>Suggesting that a person is on a psychoactive mediciation with the purpose of
>harming that persons image or character is likely actionable.

>I'd be careful if I were you.  If said individual ever manages to
>substantiate damages you've got an interesting time ahead of you.

Well as much as it pains me to take Dimitri's side I doubt that any damages can be
proved by his statements on this list. My reasoning for this opinion is as follows:

A.  Dimitri is a nut, kook, ...ect. Definitely suffering from dimished capacity.

B. Everyone on the list is aware of point A.

C. So with A & B true when Dimitri makes his nutty statements they are taken by the
list as just that, nutty statements. 

Under the above I find it hard to see any real damage caused by Dimitri's statements.
Granted Dimitri is an anoying pest, I don't think that a lawsuite will do anything to
slow him down as I don't see one as winable.


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