Juniper Sues Message Board Posters

Juniper Sues Message Board Posters: "Re:Hmmm?
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by susano_otter (123650) Alter Relationship on Wednesday December 21, @04:05PM (#14312546)
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I think free speech is just like freedom of movement.

As the saying goes 'your freedom to swing your fist ends where my nose begins'.

Likewise, your freedom to say what you like ends where your lies harm me and mine.

I'm not so much proud of 'free speech' per se; it's an inalienable right, after all, not something I can take credit for. Rather, I'm proud of being involved in a political system that seeks to strike a reasonable balance between individual freedom and individual freedom to harm each other.

But tell us, what political system active in the world today allows for greater freedom of speech and expression, and also performs as well or better, in general, than the American one, in your opinion?

Maybe we could learn from it.

Or move there.
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Any sufficiently well-organized community is indistinguishable from Government."
[versus "the incompetence of the administration is indistinguishable from deliberate treachery" , AMEN]
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Depends on if it's true or not
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by queenb**ch (446380) Alter Relationship on Wednesday December 21, @03:48PM (#14312417)
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For those of you who don't want to chase the link - here's what some of the comments are that have Juniper's undies in a twist -

The company's complaint cites an April 20 message that stated, "the man at the helm seems to be paying (off) attorneys all over the bay area to cover up the scandal which resulted in the terminations of many at the top including the VP of HR. 1) Board of director 2) CFO 3) GM 4) VP of engineering 5) VP of HR and more."

Another message cited in the complaint came a day later. According to the complaint, it said the "top management" at Juniper bribes attorneys, and that "the man at the top should join his buddy Bernie [Ebers (sic)]... "

Another message singled out in the complaint says: "This is a very unethical company."

Of course, Juniper critics can be found at other Internet message boards that aren't, as yet, mentioned in Juniper's complaint. "Arrogance coupled with timidity is a deadly combination in business. So, in short JNPR's problem is Kriens," said one Yahoo Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO - message board) message board post taking aim at Juniper's CEO Scott Kriens.

Frankly, I don't see where any of these are prosecutable. One is allowed to comment on what one sees in the world, IMHO. Surely if you've had to flush your top managment and start over, there is likely some thing to some of these posts. I personally find it interesting that Juniper has chosen to lend credence to these statements by suing. Since they're suing, my assumption is that it's all true. Ooops, better not say that or Juniper will include me too!

2 cents,

Queen B
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