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Originally posted by pimplink:
Hi AskMomma,
While I agree with the spirit/substance of your comment [vigilance against frivolous lawsuits], I take issue with directing that ire against the potential plaintiff [in your words "two bit nobodies"]. The issue here is the substance and evidentiary weight behind the claim, not the status of the person bringing the claim. US legal history is filled with, in your words "two bit nobodies", that revolutionized our society--Jane Roe in Roe v. Wade [abortion is an emanation of an individual's right to privacy], Gideon [arguing successfuly for incorporating the 6th Amendement's right to councel to states' due process protections], the little girl in Brown v. Board of Education [overturning legal racial segregation in schools and areas of public accomodation], and a host of others.
While Labret's shaving claim/nonclaim may seem trifling to you, this perception should not get in the way of him being able to exercise his legal rights. If only "big shots" or people other than "two bit nobodies" can file suit in this country, then our laws would not have evolved as they did--producing legal protections that the very existence of the online adult industry depend on.
Just my two cents,
Pimplink
[This message has been edited by pimplink (edited 11-29-2001).]
[This message has been edited by pimplink (edited 11-29-2001).]
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Pimplink, I actually do agree with you. We all have the right to sue anyone we want if we feel we have been wronged. I appologize if I came off wrong. What I meant to say really was that I only ever see the smaller webmasters doing all the complaining and finger pointing and accusations about sponsor cheating. You don't very often see the "Bigger Guys" claiming they are being cheated and/or shaved ??? In most posts about cheating, it's seems to always be the small guy doing the finger pointing. Usually theese people are proven to be the cheaters themselves from what I've read, (No Labret I am not calling you a cheater at all) this is just a general observation.
I am all for the webmaster that thinks he got shaved those 3 or 4, $35.00 dollar sign ups, to spend the next 2 years of their life, and 100's of thousands of dollars to collect that 140 bucks they got shaved..
