[Coco] Re: Wikipedia in trouble

[jimcox at miba51.com]

On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 23:45:50 -0500
  Gene Heskett <gene.heskett at verizon.net> wrote:
>On Monday 29 December 2003 14:20, Roger Taylor wrote:
>>At 10:18 AM 12/29/2003 -0600, you wrote:
>>>2nd admendment
>>>
>>>right to bear arms.
>>
>>I think Gene is from the South, as I am.  Most of the 
>>South shares
>> the same opinion about this.  I'm just not sure he meant 
>>to
>> directly relate a physical gun to the way PayPal and 
>>ebay have
>> become one company.  :)
>>
>eBay will arbitrarily remove your auction submission if 
>it has 
>anything to do with weaponry, even if there are active 
>bids on it at 
>the time they discover it.  They have gotten very take it 
>or leave it 
>in their attitudes.   So I leave it.  Whats so wrong with 
>speaking 
>with your wallet, lots of us do.

Gene and company:

eBay shutting down the auctions of guns may have more to 
do with legal concerns (being sued by some one hurt by 
someone who got a gun on eBay or selling to a minor) than 
a coporate stand against guns.  

Remember: People don't sue people, lawyers sue people.

Jim