Goofballupagus, since you chose not to become a member and hide behind a made-up name, I can't PM you with this, so I'll have to post it in open forum.

Just for the fun of it, I talked to an attorney friend of mine. This friend happens to be in a same-sex relationship with another attorney. They've been together for some twenty years that I know of, and they were married in the same church that my wife and I attend.

I told him about your posts, harassing me and telling lies about me. I gave him the Mudcat URL and told him some of the threads to look at. So he spent some time browsing through them.

He concluded that I have a pretty solid case for libel. He explained to me that "slander" applies to what is spoken about someone, whereas what is published—and posting something on an internet forum falls under the classification of publishing—is libel.

And, GfS, things you have said about me in your posts are definitely libelous!

Tracking you down would be no problem. Using an internet "handle" does not mean you are anonymous. You can be tracked down. Your IP (internet protocol) address is like "caller ID" and can be traced, the same way that Joe traced the post that you claimed I had written under your name on the Prop 8 thread, and established that it came from your computer, not mine.

Dave said that if I wanted to sue you for libel, you had already posted enough lies about me to hang your ass from the highest flag pole—and he said he would be happy to take the case pro bono, then suggested that in lieu of a legal fee, when I collect damages from you, we could split the settlement. He'd enjoy nailing you, and told me, "If you want to do it, just say the word!"

Ain't no big thing, he said. Lots of law firms are handling internet defamation cases. It's a relatively new field in legal practice and there's a lot of it going on, sparked by people who think they can hide behind a pseudonym and say anything about anybody, and no one can touch them.

Not so! He referred me to this web site:   Ve-e-ery interesting!!

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It might be a good idea if others who inhabit this web site and are given to attacking others take note of the above item.

Don Firth