[Chancellor Palpatine]

Oh, you'll get your day in court - litigating in Florida, paying a Florida lawyer to attend hearings on your behalf. Listening to your spouse or significant other scream at you about what your internet posting got you into.

your deposition would go like this -

Plaintiff's Lawyer - "According to our records, a computer located at your address logged into Free Republic at X time on October X, 2003. Was that you?"

You - "Yes" [note - you could try to bareface it, but you'd get nailed]

Lawyer - "You said x, y and z on that date. Were those facts known personally to you, or did you hear them from another source?"

You - "I didn't know them personally, I heard them on the internet".

Lawyer - "From where?"

Here on FR, Terri's fight, and some other places in cyberspace."

Lawyer - "do you still possess this machine, and where is it located?"

You - "Um, yeah, its at home."

Lawyer "Will you agree now to allow us to inspect it to determine which emails you sent and which websites you visited, or will you force us to get an order?" [note - this order will be granted. Also, you only think you're deleting stuff]

And on, and on for about 4 hours. They'll know who you talked to, emailed, freepmailed, whether you communicated with Florida politicians and activists, levels of coordination, all while zipping back to how you knew your statements to be true.

Oh yeah, you'll get your day in court, alright.

[concerned about politics]

You - "I didn't know them personally, I heard them on the internet".

Lawyer - "From where?"

Here on FR, Terri's fight, and some other places in cyberspace."

FOX news and Terri's parents website.

[honeygrl]

"Oh yeah, you'll get your day in court, alright."

Somehow, that sounds like a threat.

[Calpernia]

What is so wrong about activism?

[Catspaw]

your deposition would go like this -

thanks for reminding me of a mind-numbing experience.