Posted on 08/21/2009 3:19:52 PM PDT by Islander7
A Jones County inventor has filed a lawsuit against two Internet server companies.
John Ishmel Henry of Soso, in May, filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi.
In his suit, Henry claims that “he was called and depicted as a n----r on two of the Internet service provider search engines, AOL and Google.”
Henry, the original inventor of the vibrating toilet seat, was featured on the Jay Leno Show in November, 2008.
“Needless to say that my invention garnered a lot of attention,” he said. “I was completely humiliated and horrified to discover that these two great bastions of business prowess would allow (these) web sites ... to thrive on their search engines.”
“The hypocrisy of this libelous and slanderous tragedy has caused me enormous mental harm, emotional suffering and sleepless nights,” he claims in his suit. “I am a true American and feel that I have the right to respond to such indignation in the court of law. ... I believe in the freedom of speech, but I believe we all should be treated fair as citizens of America.”
Henry said he is concerned as to how these search engines affects him as well as others.
(Excerpt) Read more at leadercall.com ...
In a just world, he’d get prosecuted and at least fines for filing a frivolous lawsuit. But he probably got the idea from the masters, Sharpton and Jackson.
Those auditions to replace Billy Mays are getting weirder and weirder...
Nothing like that on Google now...
Did this guy produce any proof, or is it just his word against the search engine giants? I looked all over google, and the only place his name shows up is in the context of this case.
If he actually understood freedom of speech he wouldn't need the whole part after the comma.
Well I was going to comment but now I will hold and be careful.
Does anyone know where I can purchase one of those toilet seats? Actually , it’s a pretty good idea.
I'm almost scared to ask, but where, exactly, are you sitting?
Ahh, the wonders of having a home wireless network and a laptop ... you’ll never know.
Nope, that was not Jones County. I think you are thinking of Franklin County.
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