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Old 03-23-2006, 08:47 AM   #1
Undertoad
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Join Date: Jan 2001
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Brits: call me names here, and I will sue you for huge money

http://technology.guardian.co.uk/new...737444,00.html
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The dark side of the blogosphere was revealed by a libel action brought by Michael Keith-Smith, a former Conservative party member who stood for Ukip in Portsmouth North at the last election. He said he was moved to sue after a woman with whom he was debating the merits of military action in Iraq began a campaign of name-calling that started by describing him as "lard brain" and culminated in falsely labelling him a "Nazi", a "racist bigot" and a "nonce".

<!-- This site/section combo is not set up to show MPU's -->Tracy Williams, a college lecturer from Oldham, was ordered by a high court judge to pay £10,000 in damages, as well as Mr Keith-Smith's £7,200 costs, and told never to repeat the allegations.
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Mr Keith-Smith told the Guardian that he took action after a debate about the Iraq war in 2003 on a Yahoo! message board with about 100 members turned ugly. "She was very pro-Bush. Initially, she called me lard brain and I wasn't particularly concerned about that. Then she called me a Nazi," he said.
Since the Cellar is much larger than this little message board, I assume my damages could be much higher. Come on Cyclefrance, be-bop, limey, Sundae Girl, York, grazzers... and everyone else from the island (jag, you still there..?)... tell me what you really think of me!
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