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Old 04-20-2012, 06:21 PM  
EddyTheDog
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Originally Posted by TheSquealer View Post
50 naive and immature webmasters who have yet to be sued in life.




I'm saying you're naive as to how grown ups actually use the legal system.

I can file a lawsuit tomorrow against you for defamation of character, liable and so on. Doesn't matter if its true or not. That alleged fact does not relieve you of the burden of getting into the ring with me and fighting my fight.

Whether it is true or not... its 100% irrelevant. Just to file a motion to dismiss the lawsuit is going to require you to hire an attorney, file a response and actually make a sound argument as to why the case should be dismissed.

Get it?

Cost to me? - $50.00 filing fee + cost to serve you papers
Cost to you? - ~$500.00 + retainer to hire an attorney and file a response
If you don't respond? - I file a motion for a default judgement against you for the entire sum of $1,000,000 in punitive and monetary damages.
Possible cost to you - $1,000,500.00

Is that too hard to understand?

Kick a sleeping tiger in the nuts = potentially severe problems.
Chalk it up to a lesson learned and move on with your life = 0 problems.
So what I said was correct - There is no freedom of speech in the USA if you cant afford to defend it - Thanks for clearing that up.

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