David Caruso

David Caruso

David Caruso is an American actor best known for his role as Lieutenant Horatio Caine on the CBS television series CSI: Miami. He also appeared as Detective John Kelly on the series NYPD Blue. Find more pictures, videos and news about... [more]

David Caruso is an American actor best known for his role as Lieutenant Horatio Caine on the CBS television series CSI: Miami. He also appeared as Detective John Kelly on the series NYPD Blue. Find more pictures, videos and news about David Caruso here.

David Caruso: Stand Alone Freedoms?

Since when is free speech a stand-alone freedom, with no responsibility attached? Most cyber bullies believe it to be their God-given right. Most have yet to learn "there ain't no free lunch", and our society encourages this denial. We could extrapolate on that for days, but we'll confine our comments to this single topic. And, all our readers say, "thank you".

Just ask Heidemarie Schnitzer, who believed exactly that. Many have asked why Heidemarie was allowed to remain online, and will surely return once her online access is restored. David Caruso chose not to pursue the matter, (1) due to the international complications and (2) her identity was known; any suit would have asked for website closures. To what end?

Heidemarie didn't restrict her venom spewing to her own websites. She spread it throughout the internet and included not only David, but his family, co-workers and friends. Had she not sent death threats, she'd still be here, taunting, harassing, perfecting her sockpuppetry. She remains the trolling expert. We've seen hundreds of internet trolls; none compare to Heidemarie.

Just ask Google, who was sued by a bully victim and was forced by a Canadian court to reveal the name of the bully. We presume the intent is to pursue a civil suit for defamation. Unless the media keeps a vigilant eye, we may never know the outcome. It ceases to be newsworthy unless it's sensational or salacious.

That cloak of anonymity that we've written about so often isn't quite as protective as many perceive; however, because most victims cower instead of facing their bully, it's assumed there will be no repercussions from their actions.

Says Google, "We also take great care to respect privacy concerns and will only provide information about a user in response to a subpoena or other court order," the company said. "If content is found by a court to be defamatory, we will of course remove it immediately."
Google will only remove defamatory material from Blogger when "the material has been found to be defamatory by a court, as evidenced by a court order," according to Blogger's terms of service.


Self policing is the only way to insure a troll-free or bully-free site. We all know which sites are which. Those who enjoy their leisure time online avoid the troll-ridden sites. Without diligent moderators, these sites soon become a joke, attractive only to the perverse, and eventually implode. The sooner, the better.

http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=1910409
http://www.theweek.com/article/index/99722/Liskula_Cohen_and_free_speech

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