[concerned about politics]

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Opinions are not liable. They're stated as opinions, not facts. The bottom of this page has a disclaimer, and it states clearly all posts are opinions. There's no such thing in America as a thought police.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

That might save FR, but it doesn't save the posters.

[Bikers4Bush]

Well now you've done it. You've gone and blown a hole in their whole arguement.

No what are they gonna do to scare us?

[Catspaw]

Opinions are not liable. They're stated as opinions, not facts. The bottom of this page has a disclaimer, and it states clearly all posts are opinions. There's no such thing in America as a thought police.

After grinding through months, if not years of litigation, it'd be up to the courts to rule. It's not a pleasant prospect.

[exmarine]

Good thing you posted that (thanks by the way), I was so scared, my knees smote one against the other, and I was about to run for the hills shrieking like a frightened lemming. ;)

[lugsoul]

Not to be picky, but the disclaimer you post does say that opinions posted here are the opinion of the poster and not FR. It does NOT say [clearly or otherwise] that every post is an opinion. Nor is this consistent with the law.

For example, a person can be liable for defamation if he/she republishes a defamatory statement. For example, if a magazine publishes a defamatory article, and you post it here, you can be just as liable as the magazine. It doesn't really matter how you want to construe the language on the home page.