Fantasy or prophesy?
Mr. Attorney: Ok. Thank you. What are the two stacks for?
Mr. Pumpy: The first stack includes that posted messages by the_worm06 during that last 4 months that mention my alias "rrm" and the second stack includes the posted messages by me during the same period that mention the_worm06, including those that mention his real identity.
Mr. Attorney: Excellent. Ok...Let's review the_worm06's posted messages. In how many message boards were these 47 messages posted on?
Mr. Pumpy: the_worm06 posted 4 messages about me on one Silicon Investor message board and 43 messages on his blog.
Attorney: Great. 47 messages, mostly on his blog. Now lets look at this other stack of papers. What is this for?
Mr. Pumpy: The second stack includes copies of the posted messages made by me that mention the_worm06 and other bashers.
Attorney: What?...Are you kidding me? You posted 500 messages on 12 message boards about the_worm06 and other bashers?
Mr. Pumpy: Well...yes I did...500 messages on 12 message boards.
Attorney: So let's see what we have here - We are claiming that the_worm06 has been cyberstalking you, yet you have posted 10 times more messages about him, and to top it off, on about 12 times more message boards than him, excluding his blog?
Mr. Pumpy: Why are you not counting his blog?
Attorney: How many visitors do you think review your posted messges on Raging Bull and Silicon Investor?
Mr. Pumpy: Oh...about several hundred a day I would imagine...why?
Attorney: Now, how many visitors do you think review the_worm06's blog per day?...probably not more than 10 per day. Yes...this is becoming a very complex case indeed....the retainer has now been increased to $100,000.
Mr. Pumpy: Oh..the humanity...when are these legal expenses going to stop. I am going to go broke on this....agaggagagagagag...umaumaumaumauam.. lalalaallalaal yabayabayabayaba...
Attorney: Stop twitching Mr. Pumpy. Take this like a man. We have much work to do. This is a very complex case. Now, lets review what you have metioned about the_worm06 in your posted messages. Ok...here we have you showing that you know his real identity, R.......V........, this is not good. Here we have that you call the_worm06 a criminal, that he belongs in jail, that he is a woman, the he is involved in stock manipulation, that he is involved in insider trading, that he is a crook and that he has had problems with the SEC in the past. Are any of these serious accusations true? Do you have any proof?
Mr. Pumpy: Proof of what?
Mr. Attorney: Do you have any proof of these very serious accusations that you have made of a real individual in your 500 posted messages?
Mr. Pumpy: Ah...not really...I just heard rumors.
Mr. Attorney: What? your information was obtained from rumors? No proof of your accusations?....You know what this means don't you?....the retainer just increased to $150,000. I think that you might need me to assist you in a Libel lawsuit that the_worm06 will most likely file based on your comments about him. He might also file a complaint for cyberstalking against you. 500 posted messages on 12 message boards? What in the world were you thinking? You will really need my services now. Say, lets call it an even $200,000 retainer...by the way, can we put the title to your home in an escrow account, just in case the legal bills run over $200,000?..... |
