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To: MEGoody

Care to address the Yahoo email scenario then? Can I sue Yahoo if I fall for a Nigerian 419 scam? Could I sue Microsoft if the scam was typed up in Word? Can I sue the manufacturer of my computer? The inventor of the Internet?

What you are proposing is offensive to the concept of justice. A person should not be held liable for something that was done without their permission and without their knowledge. If the principle that you insist on here were to be applied, there would be no limit to liability anywhere, anytime, and the entire country would grind to a halt under the weight of an endless flood of lawsuits.


169 posted on 03/24/2008 3:06:01 PM PDT by Content Provider
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To: Content Provider
Can I sue Yahoo if I fall for a Nigerian 419 scam?

Sweetheart, we aren't talking about suing. We're talking about who should be prosecuted.

217 posted on 03/25/2008 7:17:09 AM PDT by MEGoody (Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
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