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Old 11-29-2006, 12:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Vodstok View Post
I heard someone make a really good point about suing him over this last night:

It boils down to this: There are no legal ramifications for exercising free speech. Yes, it was hateful, but the punishment for this kind of thing is being put through the wringer and a loss of status. He already has both. NO ONE is entitiled to a fucking thing aside from an apology.
thats true .. you cant sue someone for being an ignorant asshole (unless you sued the school board for having a teacher saying this stuff to young kids.)

but you're right - he will be punished accordingly by how this affects his 'career'
no one should make any money from it.
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