events and philosophy
interesting that the near concurrence of the letterman/woods affairs has placed the logically obvious (to voluntarists — see walter block via rothbard) at the nose of the average dullard. tmz:
The guy who allegedly masterminded an extortion plot against David Letterman is now using the Tiger Woods scandal as precedent to get the charges against him thrown out ..according to new documents obtained by TMZ.Robert Halderman’s lawyer, Gerald Shargel, filed legal papers asking that the charges against his client be dismissed. In the papers, Shargel notes that when news of Tiger’s infidelity surfaced, Mistress #1, Rachel Uchitel, reportedly inked a multi-million dollar settlement in return for her silence — with the help of Gloria Allred.
Shargel notes, “Their behavior was capitalist, not criminal.”Halderman’s lawyer says his client essentially just “offered to sell his very marketable story to David Letterman.” Shargel says that celebrity misdeeds have “significant fair market value” and they are “routinely suppressed through private business arrangements.” [...]
whore suprema poser allred is shocked. and outraged!
Gloria Allred is pissed that the lawyer for the man accused of extorting money from David Letterman has filed legal docs saying Allred and Rachel Uchitel did essentially the same thing.Allred told TMZ that Robert Halderman’s lawyer, Gerald Shargel, does not have permission to use her name or the name of her client. Gloria adds, “I have no personal knowledge of his client’s case and he has no personal knowledge and therefore, no basis for his remarks about my representation of Ms. Uchitel.”
Shargel wants the case against his client booted, in part because of the new Tiger Woods defense.
Gloria added this zinger: “…Mr. Shargel should spend his time representing his client based solely on the facts of his case, rather than comparing it to other matters of which he has no personal knowledge.”
In other words, Rachel’s settlement was confidential.
surprising for the brainwashed to confront, as with “intellectual property”, that absent peaceful contract you’ve no general right to control what others offer to the brains of others. the internet is helping shred these ever so weighty (!) yet colossally stupid conventions. if i have negative information about you, peacefully obtained, it’s my right to offer it (and its suppression) for sale. as usual, the state is manning the tip of the crime spear. walter block notes correctly that state interference in blackmail encourages strife.
reading TMZ comments can be painful, but noteworthy in this case to see that the essential premise of the wayward argument remains, edicts of the official crime syndicate are not to be questioned; the glaring logic failure exists outside the state.
premise #1 for sanity preservation. too many deep years of programming that would otherwise require destruction.
May 3rd, 2010 at 23:37
[...] wrote before about this scam where cunt from hell allred, as a guild member, is allowed to blackmail people within “the system”. David Boreanaz went public today with his extra-marital affair after Gloria Allred contacted Boreanaz’s lawyer and demanded six figures … sources tell TMZ. [...]