Ginger,
I don't think you know what you're playing with here. Or maybe you really believe that you're above law and common decency.
Just like you can't yell "fire" in a crowded theater in the real world, there's got to be--and there's going to be--responsibility expected of people in cyber space. In the real world, if a person owns property and lets others live there who are performing criminal acts or who are just a nuisance in terms of police calls, at least in many places, the owner is definitely NOT off the hook. The owner in many juristictions gets fined or the property is closed down or condemned. Or maybe the owner even gets charged with conspiracy with respect to the acts in question, right along with the low-lifes he/she harbored.
Recent anti-terrorism legislation with regard to cyberspace stalking leaves plenty of expansion room to hold people accountable who takes part in actions that harm others using the internet. Anyone who can read should be able to see that.
In my own case, I was naive enough to become a poster in your forum. My crime was that I disagreed with the party line here. As a result I was threatened with death by some lunatic as was my minor child. You were aware of this because I contacted you about it. My name with phone number and address (including google map) were posted here and allowed to remain, in fact posted many times, to be read by other lunatics who frequent the site. Of course, if I had had idea that "anonymous" here doesn't really anonymous, that IP addresses are shared with chosen posters, that posts are altered (ask the WHO), I'd have never had anything to do with your enterprise or the ongoing conspiracy among hte like-minded that exists here.
I am telling you: all it takes is one tragedy, Ginger, either based on the sewage that oozes from your board or even from some other board where the same non-standards of behavior apply.
See how quickly a state or federal conspiracy law is interpreted to apply to YOU and certain posters who think they are so free to say what they like, to lie, to threaten, to slander. See how that plays out in the judicial court or the court of public opinion. And believe me, if that time comes with respect to you, I'll be there with all these terrible posts (which are safely saved), as I believe will others who were similarly treated, to illustrate the kind of entity fornit's is. In the mean time, if there is anything I can do to help Sue Scheff who clearly has been treated much worse than I have, I am so willing to do so.
Anne Hall
Ok. Normally I am very diplomatic with you, Anne S. Hall, but I'm going to have to say... your name really fits. You must be a complete lunatic to defend Sue Scheff.
I can see the wheels turning in your brain:
- for whatever reason, you were verbally attacked on this forum.
- since sue scheff has been attacked on this board, she must be perfectly innocent. Where is the logic here?
You really don't like Fornits. Why? Because of some personal disagreement, which, considering your recent behavior was probably provoked by you.
Ok. Consider that you've publicly stated that you looked up to Mel Wasserman etc... You really expect a positive reaction. You talk about personal responsibility? Where does YOUR personal responsibility factor into this equation?
You come onto a bulletin board filled with people who very publicly don't like people like you and expect to be received with open arms. Also. Once you were verbally attacked, why didn't you leave. Why do you persist in coming back. It seems like you can handle the Fornits crowd.
They posted personal information? Who is responsible for making the information available in the first place? You are! People are smart. They don't need IP addresses, they can figure identities out based on details of your story, agendas, etc...
You claim that Fornits posters got your IP addresses from this board. That's incorrect. For a very long time Your IP address was publicly viewable on strugglingteens.com It would not be necessary to obtain your IP address from Fornits.
Tell me one case where a poster's IP address has been outed on this board (apart with the exception of moderated forums). Can you prove it? Otherwise what your are writing is libelous (not that it matters when you do it).
Guest postings are VERY anonymous on fornits. There have been times that i've asked people for favors (to look up IP addresses) and each request was denied.
You keep your "bad" posts... let's see what a jury thinks about a woman who approves of child abuse (not that she believes marathon workshops with ritual humiliation and sleep and food deprivation are abusive). Sure thing... Let's see what the local CEDU graduates have to say.
You're a brainwashed program parent who never stopped sucking down the kool-aid, Anne, but ultimately harmless. Foam at the mouth all you want, Fornits isn't going anywhere.
If you want to go to court and defend Sue Scheff, fine by me. Won't help her case a damn bit. (and it will be fun to see you both fuming when you lose)
