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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
IANAL, but aside from the correct definitions of slander and libel, there's another consideration: it's not slander or libel if it's true.
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Indeed. And while IANAL, I ran a division of a company--Strategic Planning and Legal--and dealt with legal matters, documents, and lawyers all day long. I did mention that to the others--if'n it's twoo, ain't no defamation. Truth, as they say, is an absolute defense in cases of Libel/slander/defamation.
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The essence of such laws is that the one accused of breaking them is deliberately and maliciously spreading falsehoods to damage another's reputation.
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Exactly right. The malice is an essential element of the thing.
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My response to your poster insisting 27 years in publishing and superior knowledge thereby would be "Given the ignorance you've displayed on various related matters, I don't believe your claims. Post verifiable documentary evidence of your claimed experience, or I will continue to disbelieve you." I'm not outright accusing him of lying. I am demanding supporting evidence.
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Dennis
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GMTA! (It's our in-office acronym for "great minds think alike.") I said that, although somewhat less directly than you did. I simply pointed out that while posting pseudonymously had the benefits of allowing him to say pretty much anything he wanted, it also deprived him of the imprimatur of gravitas to which he felt he was entitled. I said, pretty clearly--step up, say who you are, and then we'll all defer to your vastly greater experience. Oddly enough--whoda thunk it?--he didn't. He's simply continued with his lamentations of being maligned and slandered (his word), because people have actually stood up to him and said "no, you're not right."
I've never understood that tack, in a forum/list debate. If you repeat someone's assertions back to them, displaying the flaws/illogic, etc., you're "slandering" someone or "lying about" them. Hunh?
Ah well. I just thought you lords and ladies would appreciate the 5-year scenario, and this other bit, which honestly, is giving me the giggles. Slandered. {snort} The five-year book saga? Believe it or not, we have another one that's been languishing longer than that. LOL.
Hitch