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From: mouse@mcgill-vision.UUCP (der Mouse)
Newsgroups: news.stargate
Subject: Re: I am not a lawyer, but a lawyer isn't a computer scientist either
Message-ID: <770@mcgill-vision.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 11-May-87 03:42:16 EDT
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Posted: Mon May 11 03:42:16 1987
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In article <1597@munnari.oz>, kre@munnari.oz (Robert Elz) writes:
> In article <205@brandx.klinzhai.RUTGERS.EDU>, webber@klinzhai.RUTGERS.EDU (Webber) writes:
>> [we are protected by lack of evidence connecting person to posting]

> Nonsense.  You get called as a witness [...] and asked.  If you lie
> you risk being discovered sometime, and that's perjury.  Believe it
> or not, almost no-one (you included) is willing to risk a serious
> criminal offence for the purposes of avoiding liability in a civil
> action, it's simply not worth it.

Really?

What are the alternatives?  If I lie, there is possibly some chance
(very slim, in my opinion) that anyone can prove it's a lie.  But if I
don't lie, <generic-big-company> will bankrupt me making me fight some
stupid lawsuit.  Some choice.

What is the penalty for perjury?  Perhaps an expected-value analysis is
called for.

(This is not to say I actually would deny making any of my postings!
Much safer to simply avoid the problem by not pushing the limits of
what's ok.)

					der Mouse

				(mouse@mcgill-vision.uucp)