Kinsella Sues A Blogger? Shocking!
Socialist Swine is right. Warren Kinsella could very well be the biggest douche in Canadian politics.
It seems that he’s decided to sue Mark Bourrie of Ottawa Watch for libel.
$600,000. That’s what Kinsella is looking for. It’s fucking ridiculous and Mark, being a doctoral student, could use some help fighting such a case. It has ramifications for all bloggers who may find themselves in a similar situation.
Follow the link above for the whole scoop. I just wanted to make it known and get this out there.
Mark has set up a PayPal account for donations to help him fight this. If you’ve got a PayPal account and have a few extra bucks in there, it’d be going to a good cause. Whatever proceeds Mark has left over after slaughtering Kinsella in court will be donated to Reporters Without Borders.
If you don’t have a PayPal account or don’t have anything in it to donate, at least make this issue known. Blog it. Get the word out so as many people as possible know about it and can, in turn, help Mark out.
Mark’s PayPal account to help with his legal fees is stopkinsella@hotmail.com. Do what you can.
Author: Dr.Dawg : February 15th, 2006 at 10:00 am
I know Mark, slightly, so I called him last night to get his address, and a $100 cheque is going out this morning. For those who don’t want to register with PayPal: Mark in in the Ottawa telephone book–call him to get his address and do the same as I did.
One hundred bloggers making such a contribution will mean $10,000 to give Kinsella the ass-kicking he so richly deserves. He’s boxed himself in, and he will be very sorry he did once judgement is handed down, with costs.
I can’t wait for the victory party.
Author: Bobino : February 21st, 2006 at 2:06 pm
I think Canadian libel laws are a lot looser than US libel laws. It’s very hard to libel a public figure south of the border. You have to show malice and reckless disregard for the truth. Even then, libel is hard to prove.