Also, Bruce Johnson from Davis Wright Tremaine (an excellent law firm that represented Politech when threatened by Kirkland, Washington) sends along this link: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/134469009_trummel06m0.html Previous Politech message: http://www.politechbot.com/p-03610.html I'm sending along the below message not for the truth of the statements -- I hardly believe that Paul is a sociopath or anything more than someone who writes his mind. I'm including it so Politech readers can see what kind of allegations are being made and how this may have influenced the judge's decision. -Declan --- To: declanat_private From: aufargisat_private Subject: Fwd: paul trummel Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2002 21:17:05 -0700 (PDT) ------- Start of forwarded message ------- Subject: paul trummel From: aufargisat_private Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2002 15:13:45 -0700 (PDT) To: declanat_private Mr. Declan McCullagh It is obvious that you have not examined Paul Trummel's case with the appropriate seriousness it demands. It is clear that your piece on the Internet is solely based on the proposition that Paul Trummel, being a holder of a Press Card issued by a large international organization and a self-proclaimed free lance writer, is by definition innocent of any charges of harassment brought against him as if, the concept of freedom of expression places any "professional" scribe above the needs and demands of a morally discriminating society. As if the civil liberties of journalists should not be based on the obedience of the law. As if the ethical and moral rules of conduct of "journalists" should be written as he or she goes along. The overheated treatment of the Paul Trummel affair by the so called, "Internet Media" not only lacks intellectual reflectiveness but is filled with partiality and incompleteness. It is tendentious and apologetic and more often than not, flamboyant and self-serving. The implicit and unavoidable idea behind what has been aired in the Web is that ethical and moral rules do not apply to those writing in the Internet. It has always been my conviction that any professional journalist would submit facts to valid corroborations. At least twice. May I recommend that you inform yourself a bit more about Paul Trummel so you may be able to preserve the necessary objectivity of your profession. The following may be of some help. Paul Trummel is already a free man. Free to think and act as his conscience dictates and to face the clear and undivided responsibilities that his presumed journalistic profession demands. His liberty however, is not in the hands of Judge Doerty but in his own. He is in jail because he violated a Court Order that commanded him to remove the NAMES AND PERSONAL ADDRESSES of the Staff and Board of Directors of Council House from his Web site. He WAS NOT ordered to shut down his Web site. He WAS NOT ordered to stop publishing his views. His Freedom of Speech was not ever questioned by the Court. This order was issued by Judge Doerty with the intent to protect the privacy of those against whom Paul Trummel leveled the most absurd and unfounded accusations. Accusations that were and are demonstrably and factually untrue. A sensible and reasoned protection. A protection that even Paul Trummel could expect from our Courts. ACTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES, this simple aphorism seems to be beyond the reach of Paul Trummel's comprehension. His stay in jail is the consequence of his actions, actions for which he is solely responsible. Paul Trummel's belligerence is evidenced by his malignant rants, hyperbolic tone, stylistic tics, high voltage style, vitriolic genre, obfuscatory rhetorical tactics and Marxoid content, (an organ grinder has more variety than his prose) all this hides the paltry and baleful narcissism of a man desperately attempting to invent a persona who never existed. Paul Trummel is a delusional man who believe in his own fantasies about himself and his writing, full of conspiracies themes, reflect a profoundly damaged personality. In some occasions Paul Trummel has posed as a retired Professor of Rhetoric, in other occasions as a Professor of Journalism and as a retired London Journalist. Unfortunately it would impossible to anyone to find a university (here or abroad) were Paul Trummel may have held such positions, and LEXIS/NEXIS seems to have ignored Paul Trummel's journalistic work. This "journalist" has systematically refused to interview any one of those against whom he directed his wrath. The management of Council House and the members of the Board of Directors would have gladly spoke with this "journalist" and most certainly answered all of his question, unfortunately this opportunity was always denied to them. What Paul Trummel calls journalism is not journalism; it is hubris. Indeed, Paul Trummel has a Press Card but possession of a Press Card does not necessarily makes one a journalist. Paul Trummel's Press Card suggestively points to the decline of objectivity and seriousness of the organization(s) that have issued one to this man. Societies are constantly revising their moral principles in order to improve their ability to regulate behavior, this is a rule that should also guide those who issue Press Card and those who practice journalism. Paul Trummel behavior negates this sound and elementary proposition however, in a knew jerk reaction, he is been treated as a victim by some members of the Internet media. Then again, these are self-policing associations with, it seems, extremely flexible ethical rules that apparently do not insist upon the element of trust, the desirability of self-restraint and the moral obligation as well the ethical vision required for the exercise of this, once noble, profession. These are principles essential to the public welfare, the same public welfare that the media pretend to speak on behalf of. By any reasonable standard one may wish to judge Paul Trummel, one must understand that Paul Trummel views his Press Card as a license to offend, abuse, intimidate and demean others. His anti-Semitic impulse, his homophobic compulsion, his hatred of minorities and Muslims in particular can easily be detected in his rantings. Paul Trummel is well know by the Seattle Chapter of the American civil Liberties Union who refuses to intervene in his favor. Symptomatic of his character, Pal Trummel steadfastly omits to mention in his writings the fact that, having made terrible indictments and the most egregious accusations against Council House, he was the cause of a series of audits from different state agencies and that IN EVERY instance Council House received a clean bill of health. It should be noted that Paul Trummel's odyssey in life is filled with conflicts with University Presidents, Department Chairmen, Provosts, District Attorneys and Professors. A visit to the records of the King County Court House in Washington State will show to anyone interested in it that Paul Trummel is nothing more than litigious buffoon and that this is not his first eviction. Twenty Seven people, of very respectable social standing,(University Professors, lawyers, Department Chairmen, District Attorneys, etc) having no relation whatsoever with Council House, have volunteered to sign Amicus Curia showing Paul Trummel's compulsive litigiousness, a compulsiveness that on innumerable occasions has caused grief. Paul Trummel is a sociopath with an uncontrollable compulsion to demonize anyone with whom he may disagree, unfortunately, this sociopath holds a Press Card and the narcissistic intellectual arrogance of the journalism industry may make him a victim of censorship instead of denying him, in the name of Respect for The Press, the right to terrorize honest, decent hard working people. Felippe Jacques a Council House Resident ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. 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