Deborah- No, that is not libel because your identities are not known. Mine is. You can't slander or libel a fictitious name. There has to be harm or the strong potential for harm.
AFAIK you have to prove you were actually harmed. Tell me if i'm wrong on that.
Karen. Look. People hate you here. I tried to negotiate and smooth things over and things might have subsided until you started publicly whining about libel on this site.
NO employer is going to read 160+ pages of Fornits and believe anything about you. Good luck proving you were harmed by anything that was said here. I doubt you could make a good case out of this.
Attempting to censor anything on the internet is utterly futile. There is always an archive, always a copy. Once something is on the internet it DOES NOT DISSAPPEAR. Period.
Let it go Karen. Time and time again you respond to provocation. You take the bait and you add to it, ensuring the conflict rages on and on and on. That is why you are a lawyer and not a peacemaker.
Whether or not RB's accusations are true or not (i cannot say either way. I don't trust anybody), trying to shut him up is pointless and futile. I think you know this. The question remains: If you know it is pointless to rattle your saber, why do you?
My guess? You feed on conflict... So do many others. I don't expect this to end here, or for you to just turn the other cheek (ultimately the easiest way to end conflict), but i would hope you at least ask yourself why you feel the need to respond to things you know don't have a chance in hell of damaging you. The more you prolong it, the more you make an issue out of it, the larger the conflict will get. You are making an issue out of nothing. I only hope you know why you are doing it.
As I have said before. I wash my hands of the issue. Yes TSW fired the first shot but you knew it was going to happen. My hope was that you would be mature/wise enough to ignore it.
I'm not blaming you, or anybody in this. Ultimately, however, the only fault ever worth looking at is one's own. It is the only person you have full control over (despite the 12 step cop-out of "it's all in god's hands(we weren't responsable)" to feel better about the guilt of past misdeeds).
You cannot change your past, but you can change your role in your future. Without your role in this conflict, it cannot continue, you choose to prolong it.
As much as this post seems harsh please do not take offense. I really do have best wishes for you and your family.
cheers,
Mike
