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Re: *Tesla list survey form is ready* - free speech issues
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To: "'Tesla List'" <tesla@poodle.pupman.com>
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Subject: Re: *Tesla list survey form is ready* - free speech issues
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From: Tesla List <tesla@stic.net>
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Date: Tue, 2 Dec 1997 23:57:48 -0600
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From: Adam[SMTP:absmith@tiac.net]
Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 1997 8:51 AM
To: Tesla List
Subject: RE: *Tesla list survey form is ready* - free speech issues
>From: Bill Noble[SMTP:william_b_noble@email.msn.com]
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>I believe that if you were to check the relevant supreme court decisions -
>it's been too long since I studied them, you would find that this is a free
>speech issue - of course, anyone can sue for anything - I could sue you for
>being named Adam - but collecting is another issue.
>Look at the Anarchist's cookbook as an example - or even scientific
>american, or how about a cooking magazine - what If I burn myself on the
>stove, can I sue Gourmet??? of course I can, but will I collect??
I agree that it's not likely that anyone could sue me successfully and
collect, but the money we are talking about is the out-of-pocket legal
expenses that would be required just to defend my innocence. That could
easily be in the thousands of dollars range. Magazine companies can
absorb these costs without flinching, I can't.
-Adam
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