At 07:56 AM 1/3/97 -0500, Penn Jennings wrote:
>This was really very simple. Follow closely. In the example the List
>manager is made aware that a very serious threat exists on his. He take no
>action. This allows the threat to continue to exist.
Okay, here is where this stops making sense. If a list member is
threatening another list member, he can do so with or without being
subscribed to the list. Maybe the list first brought him into contact with
his victim, but without more facts, neither the list nor the list-manager
created the threat.
>Wait let me get this right. You don't mind being sued. It might do like this.
>
>
>ATTORENY: Are you the list manager?
>YOU: Yes
>
>ATTORNEY: Are you in charge, do you make management and operation decisions?
>YOU: Yes
>
>ATTORNEY: Have you ever removed users from your list for any reason?
>YOU: Yes
>
>ATTORNEY: Did several users tell you "Bob Dole" was going kill them?
>YOU: Sure, many times.
>
>ATTORNEY: What did you do about that?
>YOU: Nothing
>
>ATTORNEY: Why?
>YOU: Hey, why should I?
>
On re-direct:
DEFENSE ATTORNEY: If you had unsubscribed "Bob Dole" from your list, would
he have continued to threaten Y?
YOU: I think so. He was threatening Y via private e-mail.
DEFENSE ATTORNEY: No further questions. The defense rests.
>Jenny Jones didn't kill anyone, however, the jury in criminal trial thought
>that should have taken more steps to protect her guests and said so. How
>much do you think it will cost her?
Jenny Jones' sin was to contrive a situation that was likely to lead to
something bad. Unless you as a list-manager do the same thing, it's not
your business.
Tracey McCartney, Esq.
Tracey McCartney
fair_housing-owner@majordomo.pobox.com
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