Mr_E Posted August 13, 2004 Share Posted August 13, 2004 :!: Warning.... :!: A young female collapsed during at a well known nightclub, Sheffield, on Wednesday night after it was found that her drink was spiked with a known date rape drug. The disgraceful reaction of the "security" staff was to eject the unconscious woman onto the pavement. The young woman is recovering but there are apparently some serious issues here, which must be addressed. In the mean time, if you are a young woman stay vigilant, mind your drinks and don't accept a drink you haven’t seen poured for yourself at the bar. Please add a comment to keep this thread current for a while, thank you. :!: Warning.... :!: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_E Posted August 13, 2004 Author Share Posted August 13, 2004 important to spread awareness... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maldonado Posted August 13, 2004 Share Posted August 13, 2004 there are date rape articles in the papers every few weeks, this is nothing new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubysoho Posted August 13, 2004 Share Posted August 13, 2004 Just because something is in the papers every few weeks and is nothing new does not make it negatable. Not everyone reads papers - thanks for the warning - the more people read about things like this happening, the more vigilant they are likely to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggletail Posted August 14, 2004 Share Posted August 14, 2004 Why do people insist on calling them 'Date' rape drugs - it seems there is no 'Dating' element involved - they are RAPE drugs - sorry for semantics, but lets call a spade a spade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PIF_Tails Posted August 14, 2004 Share Posted August 14, 2004 Why has the nightclub not been named ? As all opinions on this board are individual opinions the Sheffield Forum Board owners can not be sued for slander and knowing which nightclub is important. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phanerothyme Posted August 14, 2004 Share Posted August 14, 2004 Well, it wouldn't be slander it would be libel. and anyone can be sued for libel, whether justifiably or not. and if you are sued for libel, when the name of a venue obviously did crop up on your forum, you would want the best counsel you could afford to defend yourself. which costs money. a lot of money. being innocent of libel is not enough to prevent your lawyers taking you to the cleaners, even if the plaintiffs fail in their suit. So the reason we are keeping the name of the venue out is because we do not want the forum, and Geoff in particular, to even run the remotest risk of being sued, or otherwise involved. Once the information is put into the public domain by someone else with more expensive lawyers, then I think we can talk about the venue with impunity. That, at least, is my understanding of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzy Posted August 14, 2004 Share Posted August 14, 2004 Could they name the one's it isn't???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PIF_Tails Posted August 14, 2004 Share Posted August 14, 2004 Originally posted by Phanerothyme Well, it wouldn't be slander it would be libel. and anyone can be sued for libel, whether justifiably or not. and if you are sued for libel, when the name of a venue obviously did crop up on your forum, you would want the best counsel you could afford to defend yourself. The main issue is if the fact is TRUE. If a girl left X nightclub after being spiked and that is a fact. No one can be sued for slander/libel. Only if the fact is FALSE can they sue, they have to prove that no girl was spiked at x nightclub or else they can't even serve a paper on you. That said I understand the worry of this 'sue happy' world these days and that SheffieldForum/Geoff should not be placed in a risky situation. Cyclone, Your link doesn't work for me ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted August 14, 2004 Share Posted August 14, 2004 i wonder if it's the new windows firewall from sp2 blocking that port. I'll investigate a little. I think that was it, tomcat hadn't been added as a service that was allowed access. Can you try it again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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