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It's all gone a bit Jerry Springer
Jul. 22nd, 2008 02:33 pmYeah, I know that online petitions are a rather minimal way of expressing your opinions on something these days buuuuut this tickled my fancy...
In response to this weak attempt to dodge justice, there is now:
We the undersigned call upon Mark Thompson of the BBC and Jonathan Thoday of Avalon to insist the £90,000 costs awarded to them against Stephen Green in the Jerry Springer the Opera case are paid in full.
[Petition] [Facebook group to bring attention to petition]
Back story: Man causes great kerfuffle about Jerry Springer the Opera, on blasphemy grounds, causing, along the way, massive financial losses and a wave of death threats against (among others) one of my favourite comedians of all time, Stewart Lee.
So, having lost, there was an attempt at a petition to induce Mark Thompson of the BBC and Jonathan Thoday of Avalon to waive the costs awarded to them - which has already been heavily hijacked by people using it to leave opposing comments (ho ho ho).
So, yeah, I do think that if you bring court action like that, and lose, you ought to pay the price. If that would bankrupt you, you obviously should either have abstained from litigation, or have the courage of your convictions. Tough break, hate-monkey.
[edit]: I confusingly pasted the wrong paragraph to begin with. I'm in favour of the petition that insists the costs are PAID. Doh.
In response to this weak attempt to dodge justice, there is now:
We the undersigned call upon Mark Thompson of the BBC and Jonathan Thoday of Avalon to insist the £90,000 costs awarded to them against Stephen Green in the Jerry Springer the Opera case are paid in full.
[Petition] [Facebook group to bring attention to petition]
Back story: Man causes great kerfuffle about Jerry Springer the Opera, on blasphemy grounds, causing, along the way, massive financial losses and a wave of death threats against (among others) one of my favourite comedians of all time, Stewart Lee.
So, having lost, there was an attempt at a petition to induce Mark Thompson of the BBC and Jonathan Thoday of Avalon to waive the costs awarded to them - which has already been heavily hijacked by people using it to leave opposing comments (ho ho ho).
So, yeah, I do think that if you bring court action like that, and lose, you ought to pay the price. If that would bankrupt you, you obviously should either have abstained from litigation, or have the courage of your convictions. Tough break, hate-monkey.
[edit]: I confusingly pasted the wrong paragraph to begin with. I'm in favour of the petition that insists the costs are PAID. Doh.
