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From: campbell@maynard.BSW.COM (Larry Campbell)
Newsgroups: soc.women,news.sysadmin,misc.legal
Subject: Larry Lippman vs. Mark Ethan Smith
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Date: Mon, 5-Oct-87 22:43:26 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct  5 22:43:26 1987
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Reply-To: campbell@maynard.UUCP (Larry Campbell)
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There's been much heat and little light here lately, but there is a kernel
of potentially serious trouble I'd like to illuminate.  I also find Mark
Smith intensely obnoxious, but that alone isn't reason for me or anyone
else to try to deny her net access.  However, if the following quote
is accurate, we're talking serious legal jeopardy:

<>Message-ID: <1412@dasys1.UUCP>
<>References: <931@nscpdc.NSC.COM> <7443@sri-unix.ARPA> <2038@kitty.UUCP>
<>Reply-To: msmith@dasys1.UUCP (Mark E. Smith)
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<>$$> If you're the same Larry Lippman I've heard of, you've produced
<>$$> porn for your friends and to sell products, and are not in the least
<>$$> bit reasonably objective on the subject.

This quote has been presented twice now, and no denials from Mark Smith
seem to be forthcoming.  Either the quote is fabricated, in which case
Larry Lippman is a jerk (or worse), or the quote is accurate, in which case
Miss Smith could well be looking at the wrong end of a solid libel suit.

I don't think there's much more worth saying until we hear Mark Smith's
statement regarding the above quote.  Well, Mark?  What say you?
-- 
Larry Campbell                                The Boston Software Works, Inc.
Internet: campbell@maynard.bsw.com          120 Fulton Street, Boston MA 02109
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