Comments on: AutoAdmit message board lawsuit

By: Deoxy

Deoxy — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 11:11:01 +0000

“I thought “a complete lack of common decency” was a first year class in law school.”

I thought that was a requirement to even be admitted in the first place.

By: Lincoln

Lincoln — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 18:57:15 +0000

I thought “a complete lack of common decency” was a first year class in law school.

It is, only it’s usually called Civ Pro.

By: Dick

Dick — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 10:58:19 +0000

I would agree with Lincoln if the students were in any other school but Law. I thought “a complete lack of common decency” was a first year class in law school.

By: Lincoln

Lincoln — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 13:26:53 +0000

I was under the impression that the women were also being stalked as well because of AutoAdmit’s threads on them, and if not the AutoAdmit members were certainly encouraging it (they would describe the defendant’s attire, when she had been to the gym, while other members would encourage taking snapshots using camera phones, etc.)

That’s just too creepy for me. If I had seen something like this on a board I was moderating I would have shut down the threads and banned the offenders. It might not rise to the level of a legitimate cause of action for a lawsuit, but it does reveal a complete lack of common decency on the part of AutoAdmit’s administrators. These weren’t merely offensive threads: they encouraged criminal behavior and inflicted a sense of paranoia and distress that you’re being watched (and photographed) wherever you go.

By: Ted

Ted — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 10:23:02 +0000

Glenn Reynolds had the best line: “Stuff that offends dumb hicks in the heartland is constitutionally protected. Stuff that offends Yale Law Students must be stamped out!”