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Judge rules "harmless flame" is harassment
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Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 20:42:26 -0400
From: [email protected] (The Old Bear) (by way of [email protected]
(Robert A. Hettinga))
To: [email protected]
Subject: Judge rules "harmless flame" is harassment
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hmmm.... there is something strangely familiar about
the premise behind this story, but I can't seem to
figure out what it might be...
JUDGE ORDERS DALLAS MAN TO CEASE HARASSMENT ON NET
A district judge in Texas has issued a restraining order
against a Dallas man who was using the Internet to post
sexually derogatory remarks about the wife of a couple who
operate an Internet Service Provider.
The man said he had developed "a bad taste in (his) mouth"
after trying unsuccessfully to reach the company to price
its services; however, he now "wholeheartedly, 100 percent"
denies that his messages were threatening and insists that
they merely adopted the sarcastic language typically found
on the Internet.
source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution
October 17, 1996
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