Should we sue PZ for libel, like, just for a laugh?

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Should we sue PZ for libel, like, just for a laugh?

Oui
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Non
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Le fromage
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Le bacon
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Should we sue PZ for libel, like, just for a laugh?

Post by Pappa » Mon Jul 23, 2012 7:34 am

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Re: Should we sue PZ for libel, like, just for a laugh?

Post by normal » Mon Jul 23, 2012 7:39 am

I secretly think yes, but I voted bacon
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Re: Should we sue PZ for libel, like, just for a laugh?

Post by Jason » Mon Jul 23, 2012 7:46 am

:lol:

Je veux dit oui mais je ne comprend pas la raison tu ne peux pas manger le bacon avec la fromage et dire oui aussi. :|

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Post by maiforpeace » Mon Jul 23, 2012 10:28 am

That's a terrible joke Pappa. He might actually think he did something wrong. :hehe:

Any lawyers around who want to donate some services? 8-)
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Re: Should we sue PZ for libel, like, just for a laugh?

Post by Animavore » Mon Jul 23, 2012 10:31 am

Definitely. He makes the claim in his article that this site claims to be a "skeptical website" yet we make no such claim. Our only claim is that we are friendly, yet rabid, atheists.
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Post by John_fi_Skye » Mon Jul 23, 2012 10:34 am

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Re: Should we sue PZ for libel, like, just for a laugh?

Post by Elessarina » Mon Jul 23, 2012 10:34 am

Animavore wrote:Definitely. He makes the claim in his article that this site claims to be a "skeptical website" yet we make no such claim. Our only claim is that we are friendly, yet rabid, atheists.
Is this a recent article? Good heavens.. we might get people showing up expecting to talk about skepticism and ... want SERIOUS DISCUSSION :shock:

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Post by FBM » Mon Jul 23, 2012 10:59 am

normal wrote:I secretly think yes, but I voted bacon
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Re: Should we sue PZ for libel, like, just for a laugh?

Post by Svartalf » Mon Jul 23, 2012 11:17 am

Pappa wrote::dunno:
What about the sheer costs of a lawsuit, not to mind the risk of getting hit in the pocketbook with a frivolous suit fine?

BTW, as Rationalia is incorporated in the UK, but PZ is a Merkin, where do we file? do we have lawyers accreditated to operate in the proper place?
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Re: Should we sue PZ for libel, like, just for a laugh?

Post by maiforpeace » Mon Jul 23, 2012 11:30 am

Svartalf wrote:
Pappa wrote::dunno:
What about the sheer costs of a lawsuit, not to mind the risk of getting hit in the pocketbook with a frivolous suit fine?

BTW, as Rationalia is incorporated in the UK, but PZ is a Merkin, where do we file? do we have lawyers accreditated to operate in the proper place?
Um... :ask:

Svarty, I think he was being facetious?

You wouldn't be a bit concerned due to your participation, would you? ;)
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Re: Should we sue PZ for libel, like, just for a laugh?

Post by Svartalf » Mon Jul 23, 2012 11:32 am

Mai, all my posts (or at least most of them), have the :ddpan: emoticon strongly implied.

Plus, just in case things get serious, let's be a tad practical.

and do I belong to the select group with financial investment in Rationalia? I think not, so my participation is not the matter, though I will contribute turgid oratory if needed.
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Re: Should we sue PZ for libel, like, just for a laugh?

Post by Jaygray » Mon Jul 23, 2012 11:33 am

Une démonstration de fanatiques FtB dans le contexte de la PZ Myers.

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Post by Bella Fortuna » Mon Jul 23, 2012 11:40 am

Elessarina wrote:
Animavore wrote:Definitely. He makes the claim in his article that this site claims to be a "skeptical website" yet we make no such claim. Our only claim is that we are friendly, yet rabid, atheists.
Is this a recent article? Good heavens.. we might get people showing up expecting to talk about skepticism and ... want SERIOUS DISCUSSION :shock:
Serious discussion? We'll soon beat that out of them. :nono:
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Re: Should we sue PZ for libel, like, just for a laugh?

Post by maiforpeace » Mon Jul 23, 2012 11:46 am

Svartalf wrote:Mai, all my posts (or at least most of them), have the :ddpan: emoticon strongly implied.

Plus, just in case things get serious, let's be a tad practical.

and do I belong to the select group with financial investment in Rationalia? I think not, so my participation is not the matter, though I will contribute turgid oratory if needed.
What I'm trying to say is there is no real big "financial investment" in Rationalia for us to afford for things to get serious.

If we are the ones suing, we are the ones getting serious, right?
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Re: Should we sue PZ for libel, like, just for a laugh?

Post by Twoflower » Mon Jul 23, 2012 11:48 am

Dries can be our lawyer!! :drunk:
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And dragged away and thrown away
And then one day it turns to clay
It blows away, it finds a ray, it finds its way
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