====================================================================== CFJ 1129 In posting a message to agora-business with the subject "Maximize your website's traffic!", Steve committed the Crime of Misrepresentation by stating, on or around lines 188-189 of the body of the message, "<> Call us--we'll answer any questions you may have and provide a no-cost initial consultation. (310) 859-4659 " ====================================================================== Called by: Chuck Judge: Blob Judgement: FALSE Judge selection: Eligible: Blob, Murphy, Peekee, Vlad, Kolja A., elJefe, Michael, Morendil, Elysion, Crito, harvel, David Not eligible: Caller: Chuck Barred: Steve Had their turn: Oerjan Already served: - Defaulted: - By request: - On Hold: - ====================================================================== History: Called by Chuck: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 01:07:45 0500 Assigned to Blob: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 10:04:20 +0200 Judged FALSE by Blob: Wed, 5 May 1999 12:31:24 +1000 Judgement published: as of this message ====================================================================== Judge's Arguments: The Caller has assumed that the word "we" in the text quoted was intended to be interpreted as designating a group of people of which Steve was a member. I find this unlikely. Steve has already admitted that he intended for us to consider the message not to originate from himself, but to come from a website advertising agency. So the most reasonable antecedent of the word "we" in the text quoted would be that agency. Now, I am not in a position to check the validity of the correctness under that interpretation. Such spam advertising as this is of dubious truthfulness. But this ambiguity works both ways. If Steve doubted the correctness of this statement (insofar as he had any regard for it at all), he presented it to us with the same ambiguity. On these grounds, I judge that Steve did not necessarily present this information as correct, nor did he necessarily believe it was incorrect, so he is innocent of the Crime of Misrepresentation. ====================================================================== Caller's Arguments: Steve knows that neither he, nor any "we" which might reasonably include Steve, has the phone number indicated. ====================================================================== Evidence attached by the Caller: ======================================================================