Yeah... to me (and you, probably) I just kind of lump the professional rules in with "law" because that's basically what they are to me.

OK, yes, I know. I chose a word incorrectly. I meant the Florida Rules of Professional Conduct. And trust me, he isn't going to get disbarred for this. We don't disbar people for even the most flagrant violations of written rules.

We have ethics rules in Florida, but they don't explicitly bar this, and they are rarely enforced. That was my point.

I said "law" because to me, the ethics rules are law. I understand that they aren't the same. But there is nothing in our ethics rules that I can recall that explicitly prevent this. And it is really hard to get punished in Florida. I've reported lawyers for explicit breaches of ethical rules (contacting my client,…

Not that I know of.

Yeah there are a whole host of things that the Florida Bar should punish and don't. You basically have to set opposing counsel up in a DUI sting in the middle of a trial to get disbarred.

It's a 1st amendment issue largely. Free press and all that. It's almost impossible to sue under an alias.

Have you ever dealt with the Florida Bar Disciplinary committee? It is nearly impossible to get disbarred in Florida, especially for something that isn't explicitly barred by the rules. If you aren't stealing your clients money, you can get away with pretty much anything.

I think I'm most bothered he did it on Twitter. It's one thing to say your accuser should be named in court or even in media interviews, but it seems much more under handed to mention it on Twitter just to disseminate it as far as you can.

I don't know why that would get him disbarred... It's a dick move and maybe journalistically it's common not to reveal victims names but there isn't anything in Florida law that prevents it, as unfortunate as that may be.

I just don't give two shits what some rando on Jezebel thinks. I made a comment to Jia. Who acknowledges the comments on twitter. I don't owe you, rando, any "credence to my accusation," which... frankly, I don't even know what that is supposed to mean.

I... don't actually care what you think about my "claim". So I guess that works?

Have you read all 800 comments? And checked out twitter? No?

Ho boy. You're going to get a whole lot of interesting on this!

Alright Kate. I was skeptical at first but after a few, it seems you are pretty solid at this.

Best answer today, hands down.

My aunt and uncle-in law (is that a thing? I'll assume it's a thing) got their current kitty in a similar, though somewhat less tragic, manner. The cat hitched a a 40 mile ride on their car when they were out hiking one day. Found him under the car when they got home. I think he was a wee bit banged up, but was…

As a point of common ground: I also love the proper em dash, and I hate how Kinja always translates three hyphens into an en dash and a hyphen instead of properly correcting to an em dash.

Honestly I wasn't intentionally taking a hostile tone at all. I assume the last sentence suggested that. What I was trying to get at is that I get that in certain places it is OK, I myself have lived in those place, and when I'm home, I adapt accordingly. What is frustrating is when people (not necessarily even you)…

In many parts of the world it can be frightening. I've lived in the rural south and big cities. In my small South Carolina town, you waive at everyone. In NYC you may just sound like the 100th person that tried to hit on me. Is that difficult to understand?