DEFAMATION -- LIBEL AND SLANDER [Florida Law - FReepers Heed]

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[Old Professer]

And for all I know, you may have a sin or two in your past, but that doesn't make me the arbiter of all things good.

[ET(end tyranny)]

Seems like a good way to prevent suits would be for each poster to say... 'in my opinion'.... (then carry on as they normally would.) There fore they would be merely expressing their opinion ....

[Grando Calrissian]

Of course there is. I paid him to do a little landscaping job.

There you go. Taking more jobs away from Anglo-Americans.

[TheBigB]

"Ray, when someone asks you if you're a God, you say YES!"

[honeygrl]

Did you mean that CP doesn't currently act as an attourney for FR or has never acted as an attourney here? (i can't remember exactly what your wording was)

According to this thread titled "***Unveiling... the new Free Republic Network!***" it says

"one_particular_harbour is serving as the Network's acting corporate attorney."

and he hasn't denied that he is One_Particular_Harbour.

[PhiKapMom]

Thanks for the ping and post! Anyone who thinks their identify here is transparent is delusional!

Personally, I have seen no need to be transparent. If I did, I wouldn't post about the University of Oklahoma and other things that identify me as being not only from Oklahoma but from the home of the Sooners!

If someone has the resources, I believe they can track anyone down that tries to post behind a screen name!

[discostu]

I don't know why women find that annoying, it's not like we're quoting things that aren't funny.

[ruoflaw]

Thank You! I knew I had seen that he was doing work for freerepublic

[Pan_Yans Wife]

You're correct. Let's hope that no suits are filed claiming libel, and that the judges in those cases are more reasonable than those in the Florida courts.

[Modernman]

"If we're wrong, we'll go to jail, peacefully. But if we're right- Mr. Mayor, you'll be responsible for saving the lives of millions of eligible voters."

[CindyDawg]

Well thanks for the free (it is isn't it? lol)advice. It would be much easier for me to accept though if I had not read some of your previous posts on Terri S and had seen you post the same concerns on other "hot" threads.

I will continue to pray about how I post (and encourage others also) but you know what? For years I thought I was the only one that had concerns about our country. That was until I found FR. I believe that justice is often blind and that the "good guys" don't usually win by being nice. The screamers seem to have the courts ear. Well, I'm learning to scream too. I try to be careful with what I say and do, but in my own small way I am trying to help take our country back and save a woman's life in the process. Of course I don't want to be sued or go to jail but there comes a time where a person must stand up for what's right , regardless of the consequences, don't you think?.

I saw a post from someone else regarding what would we do if FR was shut down. Well, I would never want that to happen but many of us are making outside contacts thru meetings, phone numbers and e-mails and the movement to take back our country is going to continue, one city, one state at a time. You seem a very knowledgable person. Why not help us with Terri, instead of (in my opinion) trying to shut us up.

[Bikers4Bush]

LOL!!!!That has got to be my absolute favorite from the movie.

[concerned about politics]

What the disclaimer does not say is that every single post is an opinion. In other words, some posts may be opinions, while others may constitute assertions of fact.

Nope. It says they're opinions. "Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters "

[honeygrl]

You beat me to it!!

[exmarine]

I should ask you what I asked the others: Do you think your worldview and interests would be better served on a website called "Communist Dictatorship"?

[Bikers4Bush]

No kidding, it's not like we're quoting a bowling broadcast or something.

[stands2reason]

An individual who says "X is a murderer" would have to prove that X was in fact a murderer if sued, regardless of how reasonable the conclusion had appeared to the speaker.

Bullskite. The plaintiff has the burden of proof, not the defendant. Please don't tell me you're actually a lawyer....

[R. Scott]

He's an attempted murderer until she dies. Then he's a murderer.

You might want to pull out your copy of Black’s Law Dictionary and look up the definition of “murder”. To save you time, here it is:
"Murder is the crime of intentionally causing the death of another human being, without lawful excuse. When an illegal death was not caused intentionally, but was caused by negligence (or some other defense, such as diminished capacity), the crime committed is manslaughter, which is considered to be less serious than murder. Manslaughter is often broken into two categories: involuntary manslaughter and voluntary manslaughter."

Please note – “…without lawful excuse.” That means an illegal act, and does not apply in this case.

[Porterville]

In my opinion it is a stupid post but now that the rhetorical flames of specious BS has been brought under control by many members on FR who also think it is BS, then it is just a flame board like the Nazi flame poster last week..

[olorin]

Seems like a good way to prevent suits would be for each poster to say... 'in my opinion'.... (then carry on as they normally would.) There fore they would be merely expressing their opinion ....

I concur. However, it probably won't work (or make much sense) if a poster was to follow "in my opinion" with "I know for a fact."