[WilliamWallace1999]

Thank you for the post. It is clearly a piece of satire. Only a moron would believe the line about finding shackles small enough for a first grader.

People of North Texas: Stupid is as stupid does.

From a South Texan.

WW

[Dog Gone]

I think it's obviously satire, and I think it is extremely funny.

There are others, I'm sure, who would not recognize it as such. That's what this case is going to turn on--whether it's obviously satire.

Clearly, this piece contains lies. They were deliberate lies, and deliberate lies which damage someone's reputation are libel. So, the question is going to be whether a reasonable person who reads this would know it's a funny piece of fiction.

I know how I would rule, but this parody was almost believable, which makes it a closer call than normal.