tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post3473667832035228131..comments2024-03-14T14:44:16.020-07:00Comments on The Gazetteer: Was It Really 'Web Chatter' That Got The Wurlitzer Cranking?RossKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-3859354676904754722012-09-30T13:57:08.904-07:002012-09-30T13:57:08.904-07:00We've had a lot of conversations here, very fe...We've had a lot of conversations here, very few of which, I would think, have been objectionable, even by Canadian standards....I've stepped in a few times, but mostly that has been to control trolls and a couple of times we've had a few folks try to 'out' people - not to out me (my identity is very thinly veiled), but to out other commenters. <br /><br />Now, a lot of the decorum 'round here probably stems from the fact that I'm mostly preaching to the choir around here....But more importantly, I think it is because commenters know I'm actually paying attention to content and conversation vs. trying to rub out just obscenity, etc. as occurs on so many media sites and problogs.<br /><br />.RossKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-36241683349557023222012-09-30T10:10:29.437-07:002012-09-30T10:10:29.437-07:00way o/t
I got sued for $3 Million by a religious ...way o/t<br /><br />I got sued for $3 Million by a religious cult -- http://www.skeptical-science.com/religion/sued-3-million-religious-cult/<br /><br /><i>In December 2011 I was shocked to open the post and discover that I had been served with a Statement of Claim issued by a Canadian court. I was being sued for $3 million, not for something I had personally written, but for an anonymous comment posted by somebody else on my blog.<br /><br />Was this truly credible, could a UK citizen living in the UK actually be sued from a Canadian court for a comment posted on a blog hosted by a US-based ISP. The short answer to that is yes</i>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com