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From: mikep@ism780c.UUCP (Michael A. Petonic)
Newsgroups: talk.politics.misc,misc.legal,alt.flame
Subject: Re: The lawsuit of the year!
Keywords: about time, train engineer's revenge
Message-ID: <8711@ism780c.UUCP>
Date: 26 Jan 88 09:03:52 GMT
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In article <8801251537.AA01904@wheatena> wheatena!gsmith (Gene Ward Smith) writes:
>In article <8692@ism780c.UUCP> mikep@ism780c.UUCP (I) wrote:
>>However, I got extremely
>>irate when he decided to sue the people running the train.
>
>  This whole business started over the people running the train
>suing Willson, if you'll recall.

Hold on!  I was under the impression that Willson sued the engineers,
first.  Now, if I'm mistaken (quite possibly) then I apologize.  It
is pretty bogus that the engineers are suing Willson.  Now, if they
are doing it as a counter-suit to Willson's suit, then I don't
find anything wrong in their trying to defend their case.  A counter-
suit is an often used device for this.

Let me reiterate:  If out of the clear blue, the engineers are suing
Willson, they're wrong, in my opinion.

>>It seems to
>>me that he believes more in being a celebrity than in what he was
>>fighting for.  It's sad to see a revolutionary become a victim of
>>fame.
>
> Where did this come from? Do you make this stuff up, or do
>people tell you this, or what? What is your evidence for this, in
>other words?

I've come to this conclusion on the assumption that Willson first
tried to sue the engineers.  I've heard that was the case a couple
months ago.  If I am wrong, then I guess I have no basis for this
conclusion.  If I am indeed wrong, please, tell me.


>ucbvax!garnet!gsmith    Gene Ward Smith/Brahms Gang/Berkeley CA 94720
-MikeP