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   From: KatraMungBean@centurytel.net   
      
   In article <40779620$0$186$892e7fe2@authen.puce.readfreenews.net>,   
    "rfgdxm/Robert F. Golaszewski"  wrote:   
      
   >    I guess it had to happen eventually. I got an e-mail from a parent of a   
   > middle school student who found my sites, and apparently her son ignored the   
   > advice there and started out with a DXM dose just shy of third plateau. I   
   > can't ethically directly quote private e-mails, but apparently this poor lad   
   > experienced ocular oscillations, sweats, headaches, and interrupted sleep,   
   > which resulted in missed days of school. After which I presume he recovered   
   > to his normal state of health. The e-mail closed with a warning that   
   > hopefully I can afford a good attorney.   
   >   
   >    When I get around to responding, I'll point out that she had better have   
   > a good attorney, and lots of money. She'd need to file suit in federal   
   > district court in Lansing, MI. I would of course challenge such immediately,   
   > and demand a jury trial. This would mean unless she and her son live   
   > locally, traveling to MI to testify. I'd figure total costs here in excess   
   > of $10,000 with attorney fees. As for me, I wouldn't have to pay for   
   > attorneys. Given the First Amendment implications of such a lawsuit (a   
   > website is a publication), with a few phone calls I should easily be able to   
   > convince multi-billion dollar US media concerns to provide me with legal   
   > counsel. Cheaper for them to squish such in a federal district court than   
   > have to fight it all the way to the US Supreme Court because if I lost this   
   > would be a devasting precedent. US national TV networks have covered DXM.   
   > They have deep pockets, and when it comes to First Amendment cases have to   
   > fight.   
   >   
   >    This would be an interesting trial if it ever happened. This kid came to   
   > no real harm. A good bottle of booze can make someone sick for a few days. I   
   > once got an e-mail from a parent whose child *died* thanking me for my   
   > websites. This mother found them after her kid died, and searched the   
   > Internet about Coricidin. She didn't know the dangers until she found my   
   > sites. If needed, I'll fight this as far as I can.   
      
   Hee! Interesting...   
      
   Your website is responsible for my decision to give DXM a pass. ;-)   
   I'll give you a deposition to that fact if you need it!   
      
   I'm sure that this kid searched other sites that were not as scary as   
   yours, which is why he decided to try that high of a dose.   
      
   K.   
      
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