
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?

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

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

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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Re: Should we sue PZ for libel, like, just for a laugh?
That's a terrible joke Pappa. He might actually think he did something wrong.
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Re: Should we sue PZ for libel, like, just for a laugh?
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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Re: Should we sue PZ for libel, like, just for a laugh?
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Re: Should we sue PZ for libel, like, just for a laugh?
Is this a recent article? Good heavens.. we might get people showing up expecting to talk about skepticism and ... want SERIOUS DISCUSSIONAnimavore 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.

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Re: Should we sue PZ for libel, like, just for a laugh?
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?
What about the sheer costs of a lawsuit, not to mind the risk of getting hit in the pocketbook with a frivolous suit fine?Pappa wrote:
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?
Um...Svartalf wrote:What about the sheer costs of a lawsuit, not to mind the risk of getting hit in the pocketbook with a frivolous suit fine?Pappa wrote:
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?

Svarty, I think he was being facetious?
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Re: Should we sue PZ for libel, like, just for a laugh?
Mai, all my posts (or at least most of them), have the
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.

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?
Une démonstration de fanatiques FtB dans le contexte de la PZ Myers.
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Re: Should we sue PZ for libel, like, just for a laugh?
Serious discussion? We'll soon beat that out of them.Elessarina wrote:Is this a recent article? Good heavens.. we might get people showing up expecting to talk about skepticism and ... want SERIOUS DISCUSSIONAnimavore 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.

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Re: Should we sue PZ for libel, like, just for a laugh?
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.Svartalf wrote:Mai, all my posts (or at least most of them), have theemoticon 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.
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?
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And I'm free, just like the wind the breeze that blows
And I flow, just like a brook, a stream, the rain
And I fly, just like a bird up in the sky
And I'll surely die, just like a flower plucked
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
And there it lays until the rain and sun
Then I breathe, just like the wind the breeze that blows
And I grow, just like a baby breastfeeding
And it's beautiful, that's life

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