In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Moshe Goldfarb
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wrote
on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:36:15 -0500
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> On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 10:58:05 -0800, The Ghost In The Machine wrote:
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>> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
>> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote
>> on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 04:40:47 +0000
>> <1380729.cCgcDdC6S9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>> ____/ The Ghost In The Machine on Thursday 28 February 2008 20:01 : \____
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>>>>> Teranews. Reminds me of the idiot Liarnut and his killfile. LOL.
>>>>
>>>> They're cheap. ;)
>>>
>>> They are also plonked, with the exception of ghosts.
>>>
>>
>> Thank you. I hope you'll also forgive me for suggesting
>> to Moshe that he sic the FBI on you; his complaints are
>> interesting but if he has no follow-through that's all
>> they are -- complaints.
>
> I would never do anything like that.
Why not? It is your sworn duty as a citizen to uphold the law.
You found it, you report it.
> Not even to Schestowitz.
> There is only one person in the group that I consider
> mentally unstable and possibly a danger. I've mentioned
> the name before.
>
>> And complaints, like computer code and virus-laden
>> malware, do nothing without something to execute them.
>> In the case of criminal complaints, that would be the
>> Federal authorities; in the case of the other two, the
>> microprocessor and/or the OS.
>>
>> So far, he's not exactly chomping at the bit to send
>> certified letters to the appropriate individuals... ;-)
>
> Mcirosoft, Novell, Xandros, Linspire, the RIAA, the BSA and every other
> company that Roy libels on a daily basis know all about him already.
are few and far between. If you like, of course, establish
a contact with the legal departments of Microsoft, Novell,
Xandros, Linspire, the RIAA, and the BSA, and CC the
offending material, explaining the situation and including
Roy's website and/or posts for corroborating evidence.
Since this is a civil libel suit that's probably all that's
needed unless they call you as a character witness.
>
> Roy can thank himself for that because his high profile operation has put
> him right in their sights.
> Whether they decide to do anything about Roy Schestowitz is another story.
Libel is actionable, but they *do have to know*. Do they
know? Are you sure they know?
Find out if they do know, and if they don't know, let them know.
Someone may have to tell them.
The logical someone is of course you.
>
> And like I have said, I would defend Roy's right to free speech to the end
THIS IS NOT FREE SPEECH! Free speech does *not* include
libel or slander. Amendment I protections do *NOT* apply
towards libel or slander. (Unless someone can produce
a case that says different.)
> however I would not defend his right to spread false information about a
> corporation.
Again, that's not free speech.
> Information that might harm the reputation of their products
> etc.
> If he can back up his claims against the above, more power to him and I
> will support him.
Fine, send him a request to do so and CC *us*.
>
> If not, which obviously is the case, he is on his own.
But you need to ensure that the powers that are being libeled
know about this danger to their products/reputation.
Do the right thing; send them a certified letter with return receipt,
detailing the situation.
>
> Roy Schestowitz likes to talk a big talk with his various hate sites and so
> forth but when things start getting hot for him, let's see how well he
> holds up.
Even the biggest bomb needs a match (or in the case of
a certain truck, a blasting cap). You may need to spark
things along a bit.
Are you hot enough under the collar? Or just blowing smoke?
Are you *man* enough to follow through?
If you don't follow through I'll have to assume that
you're just YetAnotherChickenshitIdiot(tm) who can't
figure out which bit is the mouse and which the monitor,
and is totally unwilling to do the right thing by
removing/reforming a lawbreaker from the community.
We get these here regularly.
*You* identified the problem; now you get to ensure it gets fixed.
That's what a real man does. (Me, I'm wishy-washy. I don't deny it.)
>
> Based up what I have seen here in COLA, he will quietly exit stage left..
> Which is probably his only defense.
>
That'll be fine, after a fashion; the Winvocates can then defend
themselves ably by noting Linux's "problems".
>
>
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>> Linux. Because vaporware only goes so far.
>
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