Re: [OT] Fahrenheit 9-11 was Re: Mazes and Monsters

On Mon, 11 Sep 2006 22:06:27 -0000, No 33 Secretary
<terry.notaniceperson@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>stacia@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> No 33 Secretary <terry.notaniceperson@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
>> 
>>>Using someone's image for commercial purposes without their consent is
>>>generally illegal. One exception is for the news, which might (or
>>>might now) apply if F911 had been a do***entary. Since it wasn't, that
>>>wouldn't apply.
>> 
>>>There's also the matter of deliberately (and it couldn't have been 
>>>otherwise) misprepresenting their views, and various slander, libel
>>>and defamation laws.
>> 
>>   Yeah, that's why everyone defamed and slandered has been suing the 
>> pants off Moore, instead of just whining about it online.  Oh, wait, 
>> that's right... there ARE no lawsuits.  Never were.  That's odd, don't
>> you think?
>> 
>Not at all. A lawsuit costs at least $100,000 to pursue to a jury 
>decision, and several times that if there is an appeal. Moore has the 
>money to defend himself. Most of his victims (on that issue, anyway) seem

>to have been military personnel, who a) don't make a lot of money, and b)

>usually aren't in one place all that long at a time, and would thus have 
>to travel frequently to appear in court.
>
>Are you really so ****ing retarded as to not understand that?

As if there aren't a gazillion conservative-leaning lawyers who
wouldn't take such a case on a pro-bono or pay-upon-win-only basis.
The fact that no legitimate high profile ambulance chasers have taken
on the complaints of these "buyers' remorse" interviewees' cases just
indicates all the more how little ground they have to stand on and
just how strong Moore's case is.  BTW, Moore had every allegation that
he made in F911 vetted by a *team* of lawyers.  The facts stand up and
the opinions stand up.  That's why every lawsuit against him on that
movie has been laughed out of court.

Are you really so ****ing retarded as to not understand that?

  -- Rob
--
LORELAI: In the movie, only boy hobbits travel to Mount 
Doom, but that's only because the girls went to do something 
even more dangerous. 
GIRL: What? 
LORELAI: Have you ever heard of a Brazilian Bikini Wax?