Hmmm... you know, if they do sue... I wonder what kind of discovery they open themselves up to...
How can they sue, and for what grievance? That the FR poster accurately reported another person's comments?
Oh yeah, I know that in the US almost anybody can file suit against almost anybody else for almost anything, but getting a judge to allow a frivolous, groundless, harassment lawsuit to go to trial isn't always the slam dunk that so many people think it is.
I won't deny that there are no doubt an entire corps of liberal judges out there who would jump at the chance to preside over a courtroom rectal exam of FR and JR. But the prospect of going up against the team of high powered lawyers who could be hired by FReeper's contributions to a JR legal defense fund would not be exactly what the aggrieved party had probably envisioned at the outset.
I say let the morons sue. After they're figuratively beaten to a pulp in the courtroom, or more likely beforehand, we can ridicule and mock them to our heart's content just as we usually do most of the time around here anyway.