Michael Crawford aka. "Psy" was mentally unfit. I saw his files.
Either you're lying in which case you've defamed
both me
and Benchmark with actual malice (and they sue people, believe you me)... Or you're telling the truth (partially) and Benchmark did something very very unethical (sharing my records). I'm partial to the prior because the records don't paint me as crazy. If anything they paint the program as crazy. I had to fight to get them back in full. They weren't exactly compliant until I got a lawyer involved.
As to the rest of the accusations, Che covered most of it (thanks, btw), though I might add that benchmark denies students their rightful property, identification, and money if they choose to leave. We saw, and recorded on video tape, them doing this to another student. As Che has noted, the area isn't exactly stellar anyway and there aren't any homeless shelters either... And all the other allegations have been answered elsewhere.
And to mister anti defamation whoever. Many have tried to bring legal action against this site and have failed. Go right ahead and be the next boob to embarrass yourself. This site itself is not responsible and never will be for the postings of the forum's individual users. Google has the exact same policy for the exact same reason. Read communications decency act section 230 or check out google's explanation:
http://www.google.com/support/blogger/b ... swer=60835We do not remove allegedly defamatory content from http://www.google.com or any other U.S. dot com domains.
US domain sites such as Google.com, Blogger, Page Creator, etc. are sites regulated only by U.S. law. Given this fact, and pursuant to Section 230(c) of the Communications Decency Act, we do not remove allegedly defamatory material from U.S. domains. The only exception to this rule is if the material has been found to be defamatory by a court, as evidenced by a court order.
The language of Section 230(c) of the Communications Decency Act fundamentally states that Internet services like Google.com, Blogger and many of Google’s other services are republishers and not the publisher of that content. Therefore, these sites are not held liable for any allegedly defamatory, offensive or harassing content published on the site.
tl;dr: we provide a service. If people misuse those services it's on them, not us.
And Ginger and myself have been sued as well, personally. In her case her representation was free. In my case my representation took the case on a contingent fee basis and took the plaintiff to the cleaners using anti-SLAPP legislation. If you want to try that approach and lose yourself a whole lot of money, be my guest. Threats don't work against me, antigen, or mostly anybody who cares about this issue enough to post. All it does is make you look desperate, petty, and frankly, a bit unstable. Mostly anything I've said I've said in general terms about programs in general. I don't claim to have inside knowledge about any particular program unless I actually do. To the extent my
opinions piss you off, I suggest you man up, grow a sack, and reread the constitution.