Judge: Turn over Web poster's ID to Mom - ILLINOIS Case Web Slander

[Weller_man]

Judge: Turn over Web poster's ID to

Buffalo Grove trustee
November 9, 2009 2:26 PM | 14 Comments |

UPDATED STORY
In a case being watched by privacy

experts, a Cook County judge ruled today

a Buffalo Grove trustee is entitled to

learn the name of the person who

anonymously posted disparaging comments

about the trustee's 15-year-old son on a

newspaper's Web site.

The comments --- which trustee Lisa Stone

has called "deeply disturbing" -- were

posted during a rough-and-tumble election

campaign last spring by someone calling

himself "Hipcheck16."

Once she learns the poster's identity,

Stone said she will decide whether to

file a lawsuit against him. Court

documents referred to defendant "John

Doe" as a he.

[Wow]

Although I don't know what the remarks were, that's bullshit!

[Harvest]

Why get some balls and quit hiding behind a computer

[hypocracy]

Harvest wrote:

Why get some balls and quit hiding behind a computer

ya mean like you?

[Harvest]

I am not saying anything bad about anybody. If you start picking on a kid that is not right. What about that adult that picked on a younger girl and she committed suicide. I do not have to hide behind a computer. What if you had a 13 year old daughter do you think you should know if she is talking to a 40 year old man

[Lemmiwinks]

Harvest wrote:

I am not saying anything bad about anybody. If you start picking on a kid that is not right. I do not have to hide behind a computer.

Then I suppose you wouldn't mind listing your name, address, phone number, e-mail address, and any other pertinent personal information in your next post. Unless you're prepared to do that, you really do sound like a hypocrite posting such a message, on Topix no less! It doesn't matter if you're "saying anything bad about anybody" or not. You're revelling in the blissful anonymity of the internet as much as anyone (unless your full legal name really is "Harvest").

[Harvest]

I do not pick on people on the internet or act all tough. If your having a simple discussion but if you are slandering a person don't they have a right to know who is saying it. So people can say whatever they want even if its not true?
Sounds like you are the one that has something to hide.

[Lemmiwinks]

Harvest wrote:

I do not pick on people on the internet or act all tough. If your having a simple discussion but if you are slandering a person don't they have a right to know who is saying it. So people can say whatever they want even if its not true?
Sounds like you are the one that has something to hide.

OK, I get it now. This is a joke, right? I can't believe I fell for it. Please forgive me. I'm getting a little rusty in my old age. Gotta hand it to ya Harvest, you do a GREAT dumb-ass! Kudos -- I'll be sending your resume (along with a sample of your work) to Second City. Please let me know when you hear from them!

[Harvest]

Lemmiwinks was a mouse they stuck in a guys butt what are you scared of them finding out of your pedifile ways? You might not beable to troll the internet for your little boys? Freedom of speech does not give you the right to say whatever you want and hide behind the computer.

[Lemmiwinks]

Harvest wrote:

Lemmiwinks was a mouse they stuck in a guys butt what are you scared of them finding out of your pedifile ways? You might not beable to troll the internet for your little boys? Freedom of speech does not give you the right to say whatever you want and hide behind the computer.

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. And I thought you didn't insult people (anonymously) over the internet. Your sense of irony is stupendous! Kudos!

[John Bilekkki]

U guys are a bunch of idiots!

[Harvest]

Well an idiot is not too bad so what do you think about Card Check if privacy is a big issue?