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Conservative website shuttered after libel ruling [Free Dominion]
Ottawa Citizen ^ | January 28, 2014 | Andrew Duffy

Posted on 01/29/2014 7:14:41 AM PST by conniew

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To: Mrs. Don-o
Could those offensive and defamatory comments be posted to a left-wing message board?

They can be posted anywhere except on a website or blog that Connie or I operate and they can be posted by anyone except us.

241 posted on 01/30/2014 12:47:46 PM PST by Entropy Squared (The Rush to Chaos)
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To: conniew
Other than that one Ottawa Citizen article, our media won't even go near this story! If anyone here has connections in the US conservative media and you wouldn't mind passing this story along, we'd really appreciate it.

Since we no longer have a website and everyone else is terrified, it makes it very difficult for us to get our side of the story out there.

Connie, I posted this to RochesterConservative.com, to your friends "south of the border" in Western NYS. I will do my best to spread the word on this violation of your natural rights!

242 posted on 01/30/2014 12:53:17 PM PST by rochester_veteran (All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
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To: PGalt
As terrible as the so many aspects of this case are, we have another one against us that pushes the envelope even farther.

About four years ago one of Warman’s associates decided to get into the lawfare game too. This guy is a far left blogger in Canada.

When this case began there was a big controversy in progress about a Canadian Taliban terrorist. The leftist blogger supported the case of the terrorist. One day a member of Free Dominion got in an argument, on the leftist’s blog, about the issue. They argued for a while there and then continued the debate onto another blog. Eventually the Free Dominioner brought the fight to Free Dominion.

An important thing to understand here is that this debate happened between two people using only their internet screen names.

In his long post that brought the fight to Free Dominion, our member referred to the leftist blogger as “one of Canada’s most vocal supporters of the Taliban.” The blogger then got on the thread at FD using a second screen name, and pretending to be a woman, and outed himself on the thread. He later used this planted evidence connecting his screen name to his real name as evidence against us in a defamation suit he launched against Connie and me (and against the author of the words). The plaintiff lied repeatedly at first that he was the person behind the female screen name but eventually had to give up and admit it. He also bragged that he was considering not even naming the author of the words in his suit because it was really the Fourniers (us) who he “wanted to get”.

The upshot is that because one person using an internet alias insulted another person’s internet alias on our website, we have been fighting this lawsuit for four years now.

About two years ago we filed a motion of dismissal in Ontario Superior Court outlining the above facts and the judge there completely dismissed the case against us in a ruling that was lauded across the country. The plaintiff wouldn’t let it rest though, he filed an appeal. The appeal wasn’t that the judge had made the wrong ruling but that the ruling shouldn’t have been made in a motion for dismissal, the plaintiff should have had a full blown trial. The Ontario Court of Appeals ruled in his favor, but with an unusual twist. They said that they did not understand enough about the new issues surrounding this case so they ordered a full trial so both sides could bring in expert witnesses and interveners to inform the court before such an important ruling was made. They then ordered us to pay the plaintiff $14,000 because we lost the appeal.

We have our ducks in a row for that case and it will be heard in March, 2014.

243 posted on 01/30/2014 1:23:48 PM PST by Entropy Squared (The Rush to Chaos)
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To: Entropy Squared; All

WOW! Thanks, Entropy Squared. BTTT!!


244 posted on 01/30/2014 1:47:50 PM PST by PGalt
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To: OneWingedShark

Yes, I knew those were from the Communist goals, just wasn’t familiar with exactly what those documents were that you linked to. Thanks for explaining.


245 posted on 01/30/2014 1:54:41 PM PST by potlatch
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To: conniew

FASCISM...PURE FASCISM.


246 posted on 01/30/2014 2:18:43 PM PST by Humidston (For the first time in my adult life I FEAR my government.)
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To: machogirl
Been close to 35-yrs. since I've been to Canada , but had planed on passing thought going to Alaska ;)
247 posted on 01/30/2014 4:06:22 PM PST by piroque ("In times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act")
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To: conniew

I used to post on FD and FR alot more than now. I been busy with real life issues. Just wanted to chime in and let you guys up north know we are with you all. Allies and conservatives till the end.


248 posted on 01/31/2014 12:16:03 AM PST by MARKUSPRIME
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To: conniew

I bet the commies would love to do that to this site.


249 posted on 01/31/2014 12:27:24 AM PST by wastedyears (The Ender's Game movie was a stupendous, colossal, galactic failure to me.)
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To: conniew

bttt


250 posted on 01/31/2014 9:21:37 AM PST by Albion Wilde (The less a man knows, the more certain he is that he knows it all.)
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To: Vigilanteman
What you have on display here is the key difference between a nation that had to win their independence through blood and toil and one which had their independence handed to them.

Oh come on - how do you get to that conclusion? There's no reasonable connection between those two events. The real problem Canada has is a surfeit of "freedom" with an insane all encompassing Human Rights act - and if you dont think that isn't coming to your country soon, I'm sorry but you're wrong.

Oh, and point of information: The Canadians DID have to fight for their independence. They had to fight the US for it.

251 posted on 01/31/2014 10:49:08 AM PST by Vanders9
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To: Vanders9
Oh, and point of information: The Canadians DID have to fight for their independence. They had to fight the US for it.

Yes, I remember it well.

252 posted on 01/31/2014 10:52:23 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: Sam Gamgee
Is there recourse for appeal? This is not how things ought to be in Stephen Harper’s Canada at least.

Sam Gamgee wrote: Appeal is available but very very difficult and very very expensive.

The problem is more than expense and delay. THe problem is how FD can behave pending appeal. Even if they manage to get a stay of the judgment pending appeal there is no guarantee that continued postings won't be found libelous if the judgment stands. And getting a stay without posting a substantial bond is an uphill struggle.

Trust me on that one; I got one of those in November 2012 and it was some of the hardest work as a lawyer I have ever done.

253 posted on 01/31/2014 11:10:23 AM PST by JBGUSA (If it's us or them, I choose us.)
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To: Vanders9
Yes, there was Benedict Arnold's invasion during the American Revolution and another during the War of 1812, both based on the erroneous notion that Canadians really wanted to get out from under the British thumb.

However, I don't believe the Americans ever entertained any idea of incorporating them into the United States, so the reality is that you fought off an invasion, not a War for Independence.

That being said, I'm afraid you are right about the phony Human Rights act. We will have to fight tooth and nail to prevent a similar encroachment here. In other ways, Canada is already more free than we are thanks to the supreme idiocy of our voters since 2006.

254 posted on 01/31/2014 11:24:57 AM PST by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: Sam Gamgee

“The Fourniers would have to enter the US under the shadows and work joe jobs for the rest of their lives.”

They would then be eligible for the Obama/RINO Amnesty!


255 posted on 01/31/2014 1:33:26 PM PST by 2harddrive
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To: 2harddrive
They would then be eligible for the Obama/RINO Amnesty!

SWEET! LOL!

256 posted on 01/31/2014 1:43:41 PM PST by conniew
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To: conniew
If you need political asylum freep mail me.
257 posted on 01/31/2014 1:45:54 PM PST by Little Bill
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To: Little Bill
If you need political asylum freep mail me.

Thank you! :-)

We feel like we have to stay here and fight for the sake of our kids and grandkids. But, there may come a day....

258 posted on 01/31/2014 4:30:01 PM PST by conniew
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To: Entropy Squared; Jim Robinson

Which should help us appreciate how difficult it can be for Jim and the mods to do the commendable job they do here.


259 posted on 01/31/2014 7:51:41 PM PST by daniel1212 (Come to the Lord Jesus as a contrite damned+destitute sinner, trust Him to save you, then live 4 Him)
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To: daniel1212
Which should help us appreciate how difficult it can be for Jim and the mods to do the commendable job they do here.

Yes! They have been through their trials and tribulations, too, and this place is still going strong! They deserve a lot of credit!

260 posted on 01/31/2014 8:05:13 PM PST by conniew
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