For those of you who still sign your name after each post

[Shibby]

STOP! This is not A.com :sillyfu: I can read your username next to your avatar, if I can't get enough of it.



:)

[Severedties]

:) not too many do that anymore

[Shibby]

I still see it a few times a day. Not sure if it's the same people, but Puma made me think of it this morning. lol

[shortz]

Thanks for the post.

Shortz

[BBAddict]

Thanks for the post.

Shortz

:bravonew:

[meat12]

lol

[bad14u]

Why do so many put "(Name) is a fictional character. Anything said is ......blah blah" There are so many people with that same signature, lol.

:hmmm: Probably fear of someone taking their advice and ruining their life with it and trying to seek justice.



bad14u :P just for you Shibby!

[bad14u]

Oh come on, that's ridiculous. We all know this is a board, and any questions asked are answered with opinions or experience. Besides, the front page says we are not responsible. :)
I think I'd feel weird signing FitnessBrat after every post, seeing as that isn't my real name (in case you weren't sure) :P

Hey, we all know that hot coffee is hot too but that doesn't stop people from suing when they spill it on themselves.

As for your name, I thought it was...
Fit Ness Brat, just all put together! :P

[Curls4dGirls]

Why do so many put "(Name) is a fictional character. Anything said is ......blah blah" There are so many people with that same signature, lol.

Some people think that if they discuss steriods, which are, of course, illegal, and include that disclaimer that it can protect them from LE.

[spidey]

A disclaimer in one's sig is plausible denial if one is arrested and they try to use chat room conversation against you.

[Bouncer]

haha, ya that is annoying.

[spidey]

Thank you. I find that hard to believe, but I have an answer now. :) Is that so you can say it wasn't really you chatting?

No, but it doesn't matter. Role playing is a very common activity on the internet and isn't illegal. I could log on somewhere and claim to be a 7 ft tall, 400 lb swedish wrestler who shoots 10 grams of test a week; the fact I claim it and talk about it as if it were true does not MAKE it true and, therefore, such conversation wouldn't be valid to use against me in a court of law.

In this age of the Patriot Act, internet and email conversations are increasingly used against people in court to support whatever charges are being brought. For instance, let's say I was arrested in a controlled delivery of AAS (wrong address obviously!). They confiscate my computer, find my log in name and do some searches on the boards for posts that spidey has made concerning AAS use and possesion. They would attempt to use these conversations in court as de facto confessions to illegal drug use. Even without any disclaimers, I would think a decent lawyer could get that "evidence" suppressed due to it's inherent unreliability. However, a disclaimer certainly makes it easier.

[Shibby]

Shortz, Bad14u and Rado,

You have a Johnny Bravo complex :D

[INTIMID8OR]

I don't know why they all did that at a.com because you could still see the screen name in each post ...


INTIMID8OR :nutkick:

[bigpetefox]

I like kittens...