Posted on 01/06/2006 4:54:22 AM PST by beaversmom
If this guy wasn't posting under his real name, it seems the damage to his reputation wasn't done until he filed a frivolous lawsuit and his name became public.
LOL and WoW... :D
Someone needs to get a life. A real life life.
Unless he had a profile with his real name on it. But even then it would have been confined to just that room... Emotional Stress? ehh Mr. Sensitive. Hopefully they shutdown AOL chatrooms and people get rid of that horrible ISP. I know nothing will happen to AOL just wishing. :D
One, if AOL moderates its chat rooms, then it is by definition a 'publisher'. By allowing some content and not others it is setting itself up as an arbiter, 'blessing' some material.
Second, AOL has the power to unplug any of its subscribers and thus has an obligation to all of its members.
I'm not so sure that AOL's user agreement is sufficient to cover its liability
Sounds like something bad must have happened to you over there? Want to talk about it?
I fail to see how internet chat humiliation differs from real life humiliation in, say, a bar.
If I was in a bar, I could tease anyone I want. The bar is not responsible for it.
There is no law saying you have the right to not be offended or humiliated.
This case should be thrown out of court.
Good thing no teasing ever goes on around here.
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No, I just think if they were forced to remove their chat rooms people would get rid of AOL... Since AOL seems to forward liberal propaganda I obviously want them to fail.
I have now "heard it all".
i am trying to imagine what it would be like in the chatroom i go to if no one teased anyone...*yawn* lol
Although your analysis is very well thought out, I have to humbly disagree with the point you are trying to make. My disagreement is, in no way, an attack on your intellect which you have demonstrated time and time again to be of a far reaching magnitude. Please accept my apologies if I have given any offense as no malice was meant toward you or any of the fine stock that you derived from.
It's AOL's fault I have no life, no love, no money, no self esteem. /sarcasm
But I might also add, in the interim, I've gotten a real life, and I like it much better.
Speaking of chat rooms...I love to get on the discussion boards every once in a while on the Yahoo news articles and read how many idiots troll there. The article could be about taking vitamin C and they turn it into a sexual perverted thing or a Bush bashing thread. What losers....it always makes me feel good that I'm on the right side after reading the crap those losers put out there.
Teasing in internet chat rooms is rampant and its all GWB's fault. ACLU scratching its head trying to figure out how to get in on the action.
There's enough teasing in here to keep all the ACLU lawyers busy for years to come. Some of it vicious, too...Most hysterical....
If ya can't take the heat then stay out of the kitchen
I hope this guy wins big.
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