>>Once again, I ask with all sincerity how you silence someone considered to be mentally ill.
Jeff, I don't know the answer. There are many injustices that can't be cured until a line has been crossed, and sometimes not even then.
I think you know that I have the utmost respect for both you and Janice. Everything I've seen regarding Dobry casts him in a negative light to say the least, and I wish and expect that you would prevail in any contentious matter with him.
However, none of those "influences" really matter with regard to the issue of the paintings to which Elgindy has taken issue. I haven't seen anything that even ties these paintings to Elgindy, other than opinions of Dobry's motives and intended depiction. Even if it becomes evident that Elgindy is indeed the object, the courts will boil it down to freedom of expression, irrespective of how anyone feels about him as an artist, author, investor, or litigant, and irrespective of extraneous events that influence your opinions of him. Since this is a civil complaint and the rules of evidence are different, there could be some potential to influence a trial court by exposing Dobry's other idiotic activities. However, an appeals court would not be swayed by those factors, and would not support Elgindy's position. If someone is going to deliver a KO punch to Dobry, it's going to take a stronger case than Elgindy's, in my opinion. |
