Man sues chatroom buddies for "razzing!"

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  1. Dammit! Member

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    Better watch out!

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    Mike Marlowe fully admits that he sometimes gave George Gillespie a hard time in that AOL chatroom.

    But never in his wildest imagination did he expect to be sued in court for what he characterized as "razzing."

    "We gave him crap," said Marlowe, a 33-year-old welder in Fayette, Ala. "I'm not going to deny it. I teased him and he teased me back. He gave it back better than he ever got it."

    A generation ago, such petty personal beefs might have been settled with fists outside the corner bar, but now it's the Internet age — and Ohio resident George Gillespie instead filed a $25,000 lawsuit against two erstwhile cyber chums he met in the sprawling 900-room, mostly anonymous society that makes up AOL's chat universe.

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    Gotta love the www.drudgereport.com

    PS. I love all of you and think you are upstanding human beings.
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  2. prk166 Moderator

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    Sweet jesus, is the guys mom not around for him to go crying off to?
    prk166, Jan 12, 2006
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  3. Chicago1871 New Member

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    Is it possible that this guy was already suffering from "severe emotional distress and physical injury that is of a nature no reasonable man could be expected to endure it" before he joined the Romance - Older Men chatroom?
    Chicago1871, Jan 12, 2006
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  4. Chicago1871 New Member

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    [IMG]
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  5. michaec Member

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    How the hell did someone inflict "physical injury" on this bloke by teasing him in a chatroom? Or is there some strange peripheral that I am as yet unaware of? Actually, scratch that last question, I don't think I want to know.
    michaec, Jan 12, 2006
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  6. minorthreat Member

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    How does a chat room lead to physical injury, exactly?
    minorthreat, Jan 12, 2006
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  7. bojendyk New Member

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    bojendyk, Jan 12, 2006
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  8. needs New Member

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    Beyond exploding heads, of course.
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  9. Revolt Member

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    Does this mean I have to be nicer to Karl and Bill Archer?
    Revolt, Jan 12, 2006
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  10. Dammit! Member

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    Dammit!, Jan 12, 2006
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  11. Dan Loney BigSoccer Supporter

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    Ruh roh. I couldn't be more worried if they started suing people for masturbating first thing in the morning.

    (Too much information?)
    Dan Loney, Jan 12, 2006
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  12. Mel Brennan PLANITARCHIS' BANE

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    Beat me to it.
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  14. Matrim55 Member+

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    Back in the 1500s men never wondered about things like that.
    Matrim55, Jan 12, 2006
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  15. Chicago1871 New Member

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    You'd think Thomas Flannigan, being a lawyer and all, would have thought of this by now.
    Chicago1871, Jan 12, 2006
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  16. ElJefe Moderator

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  17. Crimen y Castigo Moderator

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    I remember that -- that was hilarious.

    That cycling guy reminds me of Mr. Garrison.
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  18. Revolt Member

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    Revolt, Jan 12, 2006
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  19. TheSlipperyOne Member+

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    Way back in the day I remember Archer got carded for threatening to kill RichterBoy for the "razzing".
    TheSlipperyOne, Jan 12, 2006
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  20. Dan Loney BigSoccer Supporter

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    You know, I wasn't really laughing at hundreds of Muslims being trampled to death. I was laughing WITH them. There's a difference.
    Dan Loney, Jan 12, 2006
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  21. MikeLastort2 New Member

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    John Gobin Shaw sure seems like a stable and normal guy. :)
    MikeLastort2, Jan 12, 2006
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  22. Rostam Member

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    he is blaming his malfunctioning lil dick on the guy cuz he couldn't release his anger but to jerk off repeatedly.
    Rostam, Jan 12, 2006
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  23. Rostam Member

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    he is blaming his malfunctioning lil dick on the guy cuz he couldn't release his anger but to jerk off repeatedly.
    Rostam, Jan 12, 2006
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  24. Samarkand Member

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    Y'know there's a lot of sense in the idea of not letting newbies post for a while or at least keeping them out of NSR.:rolleyes:
    Samarkand, Jan 12, 2006
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  25. Footer Phooter Member

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    Wonder what InThe Net has been up to?
    Footer Phooter, Jan 12, 2006
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