[lugsoul]

In case you don't remember, you were the one who brought up "public domain." Though you clearly know nothing about it or its application to defamation law.

Let's put it into your framework. Is making a false statement about another person good? Or evil?-

[exmarine]

Making a false statment about another person is wrong. However, assessing a person's actions in light of absolute moral principles is absolutely essential for a Christian, and I will do this till the day I die. If someone commits an evil act, I will scream it from the rooftops. However, I have every right to state that an act is a crime even if that person has not been charged with a crime, if absolute moral principles so dictate.

Let me ask you a question: The Nazi doctors in WW II said that "they were just following orders" when they put to death all of the disabled, mentally ill and retarded and homosexuals, etc. etc. The doctor who surgically removed the feeding tube - is he also just following orders? What is the moral difference between the Nazi doctors and the doctor who removed the feeding tube? If there is a difference, what is it? This is a moral question as is the attempted starvation/dehydration death of Terri Shiavo.

I am not a lawyer, but I know that public domain is applicable to copyright law.