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From: ekwok@cadev4.intel.com (Edward C. Kwok)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,misc.legal,alt.flame
Subject: Re: foot puke
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Date: 12 Jan 88 07:25:17 GMT
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In article <2066@gryphon.CTS.COM> richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton) writes:
>>
>>I believe the act of "puking on another's shoe" done intentionally constitute a 
>>prima facie case of a civil battery (or at least "offensive contact"). You can
>
>What if you puked because of a virus you caught from an Amiga ?
>

Whether the act was done with intention (i.e. the actor desires the result or
the actor possesses knowledge to substantial certainty that the result will
follow the act), is a question of fact.  In my humble opinion, a virus 
caught in the course of a natural/counter-natural act with an amiga will
result in the filling of a bit-bucket, rather than on the foot of another
individual, regardless of the "foot-print" of the other's equipment. Then
again, what do I know about this matter, Mr. Sexton?