Oh dear, Vortex. Oh... dear.
When you look back at this, in the three seconds it'll take you to turn to dust, I think you'll find the mistake was touching my stuff.
Buffy ,'Lessons'
Spike's Bitches 44: It's about the rules having changed.
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Barb - Sep 14, 2009 6:55:17 am PDT #22994 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
Fred Pete - Sep 14, 2009 7:00:30 am PDT #22995 of 30000
Ann, that's a ferret.
Congrats, Shir!
Happy Birthday, bt!
"How much can you write about a person without getting into legal trouble?"
What Trudy said. And remember, if you get sued, even if you win, you're likely to be out attorney's fees and other costs of defending a lawsuit -- not least of those being time and hassle.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Sep 14, 2009 7:04:35 am PDT #22996 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
Hmm. Am I an idiot for getting annoyed at someone who criticises my campaign group's tactics and approach, while sitting on her behind and doing nothing about the situation herself? If you have a better approach, surely you should do something about it. You shouldn't complain that a group 'has no class' and that you don't feel represented by them. Especially when the issue is the death of disabled people as as result of the removal of/massive cuts to care services. To my mind, it's quite selfish to stamp your feet and say 'but that doesn't represent my situation - I'm fine - therefore your group should be representing me me me' when your fellow disabled people are actually dying.
Rant over. Thank you for listening.
I need food and we have none. Online takeout ordering, I think...
Barb - Sep 14, 2009 7:05:12 am PDT #22997 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
Oh, I know all of this. I just can't believe she was asking me. The exchange went something like this:
Mom: Okay. How much can you write about a person without getting in legal trouble?
Me: Nothing. Don't do it. It's called libel. Seriously, I don't care what it is or how true it is or how much you feel justified because the person in question is utter crap and deserves to be dragged through the mud, DON'T DO IT. Moreoever, don't ask me to do it, because I won't. You know why? Because I. Don't. Care.
smonster - Sep 14, 2009 7:05:23 am PDT #22998 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Huh. I just realized that I've got a totally crazy weekend coming up. Friday night - Rosh Hashanah services. Saturday day - KBD's mom, sis, and neicephews are coming over. Saturday night - out with my family for my birthday. Sunday - C-boro music festival - free, around 30 stages, starts around noon and goes into the night. I think my parents might be coming to that, too.
Oy. My birthday is next Monday, and I am *definitely* taking the day off.
smonster - Sep 14, 2009 7:07:41 am PDT #22999 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Seska - I'd be pissed if I were you.
Barb - sounds like the best answer you could have given. I hope she listens.
Trudy Booth - Sep 14, 2009 7:08:22 am PDT #23000 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Me: Nothing. Don't do it. It's called libel. Seriously, I don't care
I admire your restraint. Heck, I'd admire your restraint if you'd gone with "I'll drag you to the highest court in the land, Mom."
Vortex - Sep 14, 2009 7:08:46 am PDT #23001 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I feel you Barb. I had to have a come to Jesus meeting with my mother about how I wasn't a lawyer anymore so she had to stop a) asking me for legal advice and b) getting mad at me when I couldn't/wouldn't provide it. (i.e. writing her will, which I cannot give because I am a beneficiary)
eta: I'm happy to work with regular people about legal stuff, but my mother didn't know where to draw the line.
erikaj - Sep 14, 2009 7:09:13 am PDT #23002 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
Seska, don't have much to offer, but BTDT.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Sep 14, 2009 7:30:47 am PDT #23003 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
erika - Cheers. Good to know it's not just me. I think the reason I was so annoyed was that I am massively invested in the group's current campaigns for better care services, and it's a crucial time as the government is planning to cut more and more types of care support. And I know that it's not an issue that affects every disabled person. I, for example, am lucky enough to have an awesome, strong-willed, fairly comfortably-off partner who will ensure I never go without the services I need. That's not the point. I don't do these things for myself. Surely that's what campaigning for civil and human rights is all about...?!
But I really will stop ranting now. I'm having a nice glass of wine to help calm down. It is very good.