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The mercury militia goes too far
Sunday 06 April, 2008 - 20:33 by Phil in ASD hating
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I read with alarm and disgust that well known mercury militia member Lisa Sykes has decided to get her lawyer, Clifford Shoemaker, to supoena Kathy Seidel for a deposition. This appears to be over Kathy's commentary on the issues of Autism, and likely her comments that may or may not have been made against Sykes.
Kathy is fighting it, and I say good for her. This supoena is definitely harrassment and an attempt to shut Kathy up, and her response to the court order (to apply via court motion to quash it) is magnificent to say the least.
I mean heck, in the supoena the contact details of EVERYONE who has commented on the matter on her blog is demanded. I'm not mentioned, but a lot of people I am aware of are. Believe me, if I had been mentioned I would have been very quick to make my own application and probably file a suit for harrassment on the grounds of the frivilous content.
I have enough experience in the legal system to know that Kathy's response should be successful, On this blog I formally condemn the actions of Clifford Shoemaker and Lisa Sykes and request that they concentrate on their own case against the Bayer Corporation (presumably Sykes is acting directly instead of through the Vaccine Courts on behalf of her Autistic child) and leave people like Kathy and co alone. If she wants to go down that path she'll have a mighty war on her hands with everyone on the supoena likely (I hope) to get involved in a class action against this foolish woman and her stupid lawyer!
In fact - I would call the content of this supoena tantamount to defamation because it insinuates that Kathy is making a profit out of her website, neurodiversity.com. She addresses that in her quash motion. I know the feeling of being accused of that, thanks to some twit who reported my website to Centrelink. I easily countered the complaint with no fuss.
Sykes, you are an idiot! Shoemaker, you should have your right to practice law revoked!
I encourage Kathy to claim costs and restitution when this supoena is quashed as it should be.
