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To: Chancellor Palpatine
I can call anybody I choose a murderer, and they can do the same.

For it to be libelous, I would have to know it to be false.

20 posted on 10/24/2003 10:33:38 AM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: dead
Wrongo. Reckless disregard as to the truth or falsity gets you there too.
25 posted on 10/24/2003 10:40:04 AM PDT by Chancellor Palpatine
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To: dead
That is incorrect. It is defamation per se to call someone a murderer, whether you know it is false or not.
27 posted on 10/24/2003 10:41:10 AM PDT by John Beresford Tipton
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