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| Brent Hanson - LASIKFRAUD.com 2005-11-22, 12:55 pm |
| 2 dentists who tried to muzzle patient for Web disses must pay fees
By Jane Musgrave
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, November 01, 2005
It will cost two Palm Beach County dentists about $20,000 to learn what
hard-core bloggers have long known: You can say just about anything you
want on the Internet.
In a decision that was lost temporarily in the winds of Hurricane
Wilma, Palm Beach County Circuit Judge Edward Fine ordered Richard
Kaplan of West Palm Beach and Leonard Tolley of Lantana to pay for
trying to silence a North Palm Beach woman who started a Web site to
blast their dental work.
Fine ruled that the two dentists or their attorneys should have known
that Elaine Prentice was well within her constitutional rights to slam
them on her Web site. Because they filed a suit to try to stop her from
exercising her right to free speech, Fine ordered the two to pay her
attorneys' fees.
West Palm Beach lawyer James Green, who with Ralph Nader's Washington,
D.C.-based watchdog group Public Citizen, represented Prentice,
estimated Monday that Prentice's legal bill came to about $20,000.
Green, who learned of Fine's Oct. 20 decision by mail late last week,
said he warned the dentists' attorneys that the lawsuit was
ill-advised. Roughly six years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that
the First Amendment protects Internet rants.
However, it wasn't until August, about nine months after the suit was
filed, that the dentists heeded the advice.
Green likened the lawsuit to a slap suit, a term given to a legal ploy
well-heeled developers used in the past to try to scare
environmentalists and other cash-strapped groups from opposing their
projects.
The financial imbalance between the two sides is the same.
"Now professionals who are being criticized on Web sites are filing
lawsuits," he said. "Usually people who do Web sites don't have a lot
of money."
But, he said, Fine's decision proves money has its limitations.
"It should remind all citizens like Elaine Prentice that they can speak
freely on the Internet," Green said.
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| Brent Hanson - LASIKFRAUD.com 2005-11-22, 12:55 pm |
| Two lasik surgeons who sued a patient after ruining his vision are
about to learn this lesson the hard way.
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| Glenn - USAEyes.org 2005-11-23, 1:00 am |
| Accurately reported facts and personal opinions identified as opinions
are always appropriate and most often welcomed. It is deliberate
distortion of the facts and opinion proffered as fact that is
problematic.
Glenn Hagele
Executive Director
USAEyes.org
"Consider and Choose With Confidence"
Email to glenn dot hagele at usaeyes dot org
http://www.USAEyes.org
http://www.ComplicatedEyes.org
I am not a doctor.
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| Ragnar 2005-11-23, 1:00 am |
| I got a lawyer for you...
Oh wait, he flunked out in the first semester of his first year..
nevermind.
You ruined your own vision by the way. I'm sure you realize that.
On 22 Nov 2005 09:45:18 -0800, "Brent Hanson - LASIKFRAUD.com"
<administrator@lasikcourt.com> wrote:
>Two lasik surgeons who sued a patient after ruining his vision are
>about to learn this lesson the hard way.
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| kincaid_esq@yahoo.com 2005-11-23, 5:59 pm |
| Mr. Roiland,
Once again, you are factually mistaken. Mr. Link withdrew under his own
steam and is currently pulling down a 4.0 in pursuit of a Master's
degree.
Mr. Link helped change an industry for patients and doctors alike. What
have you changed lately other than the occasional spoke on your bicycle
wheel?
S. Kincaid
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| In article <1132779361.692878.49130@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
kincaid_esq@yahoo.com wrote:
> Mr. Roiland,
>
> Once again, you are factually mistaken. Mr. Link withdrew under his own
> steam and is currently pulling down a 4.0 in pursuit of a Master's
> degree.
>
> Mr. Link helped change an industry for patients and doctors alike. What
> have you changed lately other than the occasional spoke on your bicycle
> wheel?
>
> S. Kincaid
This email is hilarious!
Gosh, I hope RL isn't "pulling down" a 4.0 in an English MA program,
because that's gonna be pulled down real fast to a 2.0 or less "under
his own steam". LOL
(S. Kincaid--what does the esq in your email address stand for?
Extremely Stupid and Quaint?)
I'm sorry, I couldn't help myself. You should just let it go Ron. It
makes you look bad. Just think to yourself... I'm better than Ragnar and
he doesn't deserve my reply... Better you spend your time at the Writing
Center working on your idioms.
--
~RT
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| Gloria 2005-11-24, 1:00 am |
| RT? What does that stand for- Right Testicle? Doesn't make you any less
of a weiner or an arrogant pr***. You certainly COULDN'T help yourself
since there is no helping an idiot. By the way, "emails" aren't posted
here. What is a "Writing Center"? Gosh, sounds like you're the one who
needs to spend more time at the Writing Center. LOL. I have to go primp
before heading out for dinner. Later lost boys.
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| In article <1132795276.439311.5260@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
"Gloria" <bubblyoil@yahoo.com> wrote:
> RT? What does that stand for- Right Testicle? Doesn't make you any less
> of a weiner or an arrogant pr***. You certainly COULDN'T help yourself
> since there is no helping an idiot. By the way, "emails" aren't posted
> here. What is a "Writing Center"? Gosh, sounds like you're the one who
> needs to spend more time at the Writing Center. LOL. I have to go primp
> before heading out for dinner. Later lost boys.
LOL you've certainly got a bee in your bonnet.
Guess you've never gone for a Master's degree, or college for that
matter, or you'd know what a Writing Center is.
Oops, I wrote email instead of what, a post? I am so stupid, I can't
believe it. Thanks for pointing that out.
BTW, I'm not the idiot here and it's certainly not worth you getting all
riled up to the point you need primping. You must be confusing me with
someone else.
The reason I wrote that I couldn't help myself is because I've spent a
lot of time chastising others, like Ragnar and Mason for posting
insults. Those who are regular readers of this NG know that about me.
But after reading posts on this NG for 3 years there are some posts that
are just too juicy to let get away, especially if you know the history
and the story behind them. Interlopers won't get it. Stick around for a
while and you'll get the joke.
Besides, I'm procrastinating. I have a huge book deadline and I'm having
trouble concentrating on it. Writer's block. Guess I should go to the
Writing Center 
Have a Great Thanksgiving Bubbly Oil.
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~RT
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| Gloria 2005-11-24, 1:00 am |
| RT,
I was primping for my beau. Certainly not for you. I can feel you
trying to be contrite. The fact that I don't know what a Writer's
Center is doesn't make me any less intellligent than you. Call it
"woman's intuition", but I believe you are above the crew who feeds on
the emotion here because they can't get connect anywhere else. It's
sad. Like my beau said tonight, "they're cyber-people, they're not
real." I put down my fork and realized he was right. Happy Thanksgiving
to you too RT.
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| Linda 2005-11-24, 10:59 am |
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Gloria wrote:
> RT,
>
> I was primping for my beau. Certainly not for you. I can feel you
> trying to be contrite. The fact that I don't know what a Writer's
> Center is doesn't make me any less intellligent than you. Call it
> "woman's intuition", but I believe you are above the crew who feeds on
> the emotion here because they can't get connect anywhere else. It's
> sad. Like my beau said tonight, "they're cyber-people, they're not
> real." I put down my fork and realized he was right. Happy Thanksgiving
> to you too RT.
Hi Gloria,
I'm as real as you are! I even use my real name! If you are new to this
group, it takes some time to get to know the "regulars". Many of the
people who post here know each other in the real world as well as the
cyber world. Isn't it a bit soon to be judging people who post here? I
have a completely normal life, but I have also been posting in this NG
for about 3 years, both before and after my Lasik surgery. On the odd
occasion, someone will ask why I continue to post here. Well sometimes
I can offer something of value because I have had a successful lasik
procedure and sometimes I just like to read other peoples posts. As you
are now posting here, do you place yourself in the category of people
who "can't connect anywhere else"? Do you consider yourself "not real".
Think about it!
Regards,
Linda
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| Ragnar 2005-11-24, 10:59 am |
| You are seriously delusional.
Your pal is not only lacking in any credibility whatsoever, he is
INcredible. He is also an admitted permanently brain-damaged
individual with a personality disorder that prevents him from getting
a job and for which he collects disability. He is not capable of
rational thought.
I'd like to know where he got the money for law school. Those
disability checks must be huge.
Anybody have any guesses on where he might get such money from?
You must be some kind of idiot to associate with such people.
OH!!! and this is interesting.. I invite everyone to click on this
link...
http://profiles.yahoo.com/kincaid_esq
It shows that Mr. Kincaid's yahoo account was created TODAY...
Gee, I wonder who Mr. Kincaid esq is. Wasn't he the manager of the
Partridge Family? Reuben?
If stupidity and deception were a crime, there would be some people in
this newsgroup sitting on death row.
On 23 Nov 2005 12:56:01 -0800, kincaid_esq@yahoo.com wrote:
>Mr. Roiland,
>
>Once again, you are factually mistaken. Mr. Link withdrew under his own
>steam and is currently pulling down a 4.0 in pursuit of a Master's
>degree.
>
>Mr. Link helped change an industry for patients and doctors alike. What
>have you changed lately other than the occasional spoke on your bicycle
>wheel?
>
>S. Kincaid
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| Ragnar 2005-11-24, 10:59 am |
| He idolizes me RT... in fact, he's actually attempted to stalk me and
photograph my residence. It's almost funny how close he came to me
and doesn't even realize it.
Perhaps the only person he idolizes more is Glenn.
On Wed, 23 Nov 2005 22:19:06 GMT, RT <RTMD24@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote:
>In article <1132779361.692878.49130@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
> kincaid_esq@yahoo.com wrote:
>
>
>This email is hilarious!
>
>Gosh, I hope RL isn't "pulling down" a 4.0 in an English MA program,
>because that's gonna be pulled down real fast to a 2.0 or less "under
>his own steam". LOL
>
>(S. Kincaid--what does the esq in your email address stand for?
>Extremely Stupid and Quaint?)
>
>I'm sorry, I couldn't help myself. You should just let it go Ron. It
>makes you look bad. Just think to yourself... I'm better than Ragnar and
>he doesn't deserve my reply... Better you spend your time at the Writing
>Center working on your idioms.
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| Ragnar 2005-11-24, 10:59 am |
| I thought your name was Paula, not Gloria.
On 23 Nov 2005 17:21:16 -0800, "Gloria" <bubblyoil@yahoo.com> wrote:
>RT? What does that stand for- Right Testicle? Doesn't make you any less
>of a weiner or an arrogant pr***. You certainly COULDN'T help yourself
>since there is no helping an idiot. By the way, "emails" aren't posted
>here. What is a "Writing Center"? Gosh, sounds like you're the one who
>needs to spend more time at the Writing Center. LOL. I have to go primp
>before heading out for dinner. Later lost boys.
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| Ragnar 2005-11-24, 10:59 am |
| Gloria is just a new name for an old horse.
She's not new here by any means.
On 23 Nov 2005 23:23:56 -0800, "Linda" <lindakendall3155@yahoo.com.au>
wrote:
>
>Gloria wrote:
>
>Hi Gloria,
>I'm as real as you are! I even use my real name! If you are new to this
>group, it takes some time to get to know the "regulars". Many of the
>people who post here know each other in the real world as well as the
>cyber world. Isn't it a bit soon to be judging people who post here? I
>have a completely normal life, but I have also been posting in this NG
>for about 3 years, both before and after my Lasik surgery. On the odd
>occasion, someone will ask why I continue to post here. Well sometimes
>I can offer something of value because I have had a successful lasik
>procedure and sometimes I just like to read other peoples posts. As you
>are now posting here, do you place yourself in the category of people
>who "can't connect anywhere else"? Do you consider yourself "not real".
>Think about it!
>Regards,
>Linda
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