RE: [ga] FYI:Google's chief legal officer slapped with SEC fines

["Roberto Gaetano" <roberto@xxxxxxxxx>]

I think that I have to partly agree with Joe, here.
To somehow associate Vint with the actions that a current colleague of his
did when he was working for a previous employer is not defamation. To my own
metric, it is just plain silly.
And it is true, all is fair on this list, that's why nobody is taking it
seriously. Libel and slander, to be effective, need to come from a somewhat
authoritative source, not from children playing in a sandbox. If this list
goes back to reasonable business, the many subscribers who are even avoiding
posting as of today might become active again. Worth a try?
Best regards,
Roberto
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:owner-ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joe Baptista
> Sent: 26 July 2007 03:49
> To: Debbie Garside
> Cc: 'Joshua Brady'; 'Jeff Williams'; 'Lauren Weinstein'; 
> 'vinton g. cerf'; 'SEC Enforcment'; 'General Assembly of the 
> DNSO'; 'icann board address'; 'Paul Twomey'
> Subject: Re: [ga] FYI:Google's chief legal officer slapped 
> with SEC fines
> 
> Debbie Garside wrote:
> 
> > 
> >Joe
> >
> >As you are the List Monitor, I, and the list, expect better from you.
> >Nobody is fair game.  This is the GA forum not a public 
> >hanging/slanging match.  Please read the email from the Chair.
> >  
> >
> 
> But this is a public hanging/slanging list.  Thats the way 
> it's become and has been for some time now.  I look forward 
> to the day we have list rules in place, then it will become 
> the productive place it was ment to be and at one time was.  
> As it is today any thing is fair game.  So as it stands Jeff 
> has every right to do as he pleases.  If we want to change 
> that - we need the rules back in place.  Rules at this stage 
> are critical to moving forward.
> 
> regards
> joe baptista
> 
> 
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