On Thursday 11 September 2008 06:23:29 list-nanog@pwns.ms wrote:
This is not a court. In court, if you are determined guilty a large punishment may be exacted
Depeering is not a large punishment? In the internet world, mass depeering / de-transitting like we've see in this instance is akin to capital punishment. By vigilantes. The US Old West redux. But even in a court of law in a criminal case a defense must be made, otherwise the least sort of evidence of culpability can produce conviction; the defendant must at least put on a defense to invalidate the culpatory evidence. So when culpatory evidence is presented in these cases, requesting exculpatory evidence is very reasonable. Lack of a defense in a civil case will virtually guarantee a favorable judgment for the plaintiff, however.