# libel **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 10, 2002, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libel/118232 "2002-07-10T12:21:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Siege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libel/118232/41 "2002-07-11T02:36:22Z")
Now wait a minute, **Fenris**! You got your name in the title of [this Pit thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=124157) this very weekend and you didn’t even have the decency to respond. ☹ I know because I put it there, having been told to seek out the most sarcastic poster. OK, OK, so next time I’ll call you the goat-felcher, but I’m not very good at this Pit stuff yet. CJ ROFLMAO ---
**Author:** ![Abe\_Babe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@Abe\_Babe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abe_Babe)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libel/118232/42 "2002-07-11T14:07:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MEBuckner \* > **Also, Fenris, man, I hate to break it to you, but if I’m not mistaken, this wasn’t technically a Pit thread, was it? Coldie had to move it down here for you. It was originally a mere MPSIMS thread or something.** Good point. This whole thing was really a pity pitting. Don’t worry Fenris, after a few more of these, I think you will be ready for a pit thread without your Mommy-rator holding your hand. Hell, _Eve_ even got a legitimate (if weak) pit thread before you did. ---
**Author:** ![CRorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CRorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CRorex)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libel/118232/43 "2002-07-11T14:34:59Z")
So… what was the web site supposed to be about? ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libel/118232/44 "2002-07-11T18:51:00Z")
**RedDevil** –are you going to burn the SDMB down if they don’t give you back your stapler? [/Office Space] ---
**Author:** ![Abe\_Babe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@Abe\_Babe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abe_Babe)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libel/118232/45 "2002-07-11T18:54:51Z")
There was a web site? ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libel/118232/46 "2002-07-11T18:55:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CRorex \* > \*\*So… > > what was the web site supposed to be about? \*\* I don’t remember exactly, it’s been a year and a half after all, but I think it was a message saying something like |-|3’/ 133+ |)00|)2! |\ **Author:** ![CRorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CRorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CRorex)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libel/118232/47 "2002-07-11T19:33:33Z") Hrrm so it was illegal? So let me get this right… Someone is threatening to sue someone for making fun of their illegal warez site. I’m thinking about this REALLY hard here folks… So after Kgriffey proves that you caused his warez site to lose money or your comments about his warez site tarnished his reputation (again monitary damages) wouldn’t he be arrested on gross copywrite violations? And since he already proved in a court of law he ran a warez site wouldn’t he pretty much be left with one option? Finding the biggest (while at the same time ‘smallest’) inmate to be bitch to? MUWHAHAHAHAH \ ---
**Author:** ![CRorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CRorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CRorex)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libel/118232/48 "2002-07-11T19:40:11Z")
Sorry I shouldn’t keep bringing this up, but next to the telemarketer I chatted up last night, this is the most fun I’ve had all week. No seriously, I keep breaking into laughter randomly over this post. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libel/118232/49 "2002-07-11T20:01:09Z")
Actually, since there was nothing there, I don’t think it was illegal. IIRC (and again, it’s been a year plus), it was just a false promise of illegal stuff. Hmmmm… Fenris ---
**Author:** ![CRorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CRorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CRorex)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libel/118232/50 "2002-07-11T20:12:28Z")
ah, but it wouldn’t be libel if there wasn’t anything on his site. A site without content does truely suck ass. ---
**Author:** ![RedDevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ec8ea/32.png) [@RedDevil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedDevil)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libel/118232/51 "2002-07-11T20:41:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ElwoodCuse \* > \*\ ***RedDevil** –are you going to burn the SDMB down if they don’t give you back your stapler? > > [/Office Space] \*\* _ponders_ I might. But if I get my stapler back, PLUS a little box of staples (kind of an interest payment) then I’ll forgive. Forgive mind, not forget. **Fenris**! That’s exactly what I had in my mind! This may be how all Bond villains get started… ---
**Author:** ![CRorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CRorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CRorex)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2002, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libel/118232/52 "2002-07-12T14:29:22Z")
Naa Bond Villains all got started after getting cut off in traffic. ---
**Author:** ![Bob\_Scene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Bob\_Scene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bob_Scene)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2002, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libel/118232/53 "2002-07-12T15:03:28Z")
I remember that post well. I was totally set to buy the [weirdpirates.com](http://weirdpirates.com) domain name for $250,000 and hire the site’s designer to turn it into a major e-commerce software and music download portal that would have blown Yahoo out of the water. I had the venture capital lined up and everything, but then the investors found out **Fenris** thought it was “lame” and they backed out. I’ve been living in a cardboard box ever since, but I’ve been afraid to sue **Fenris** because he belongs to the Cabal. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2002, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libel/118232/54 "2002-07-12T15:24:39Z")
Because the mods won’t change the thread title to one with my name in it, I’m boycotting this thread from now on. Fenris ---
**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2002, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libel/118232/55 "2002-07-12T16:44:43Z")
> [@](#): > > _Posted by Fenris_ > Because the mods won’t change the thread title to one with my name in it, I’m boycotting this thread from now on. Aaarh. ---
**Author:** ![CRorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CRorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CRorex)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2002, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libel/118232/56 "2002-07-12T17:06:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kgriffey79 \* > **I said it was a friends site.** I think we all overlooked a very important fact here. It wasn’t his site… so shouldn’t we be making fun of him for not understanding Libel? I can’t claim damages against the British Tabloids for a story the printed about that supermodel. Granted it’d be nice if I could, it’d be like winning the lotto! mmmm free money. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libel/118232/57 "2002-07-13T14:26:07Z")
Just to let everyone know, I’m _still_ bocotting this thread and I’ll never, never, NEVER be back again. Never. Fenris ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libel/118232/58 "2002-07-13T21:49:17Z")
For everyone’s information, I’m _still_ boycotting this thread unless the Mods change the title to something with “Fenris” in it… But this time I mean it. I’m never going to post here again. The only reason I came back was to tell you all that I wasn’t. So there Fenris ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libel/118232/59 "2002-07-13T22:00:30Z")
Why don’t you just take a proactive approach and change your name to “libel”? ---
**Author:** ![RedDevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ec8ea/32.png) [@RedDevil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedDevil)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libel/118232/60 "2002-07-13T22:04:06Z")
I really, really like this thread. I’m going to print it off and put it in my bag. Then I’ll show it to people at work and look expectantly at the faces, waiting for them to laugh. Of course, when they just smile and say “yes, very good” and put it down, I’ll be devastated. But it’ll have been worth it! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libel/118232.md?page=2)