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DEFAMATION -- LIBEL AND SLANDER [Florida Law - FReepers Heed]
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Posted on 10/24/2003 10:14:40 AM PDT by Chancellor Palpatine
Edited on 10/24/2003 12:02:17 PM PDT by Lead Moderator.
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To: Poohbah
It was a joke like this stupid post. Anybody going to sue me for calling this post stupid??? Can you prove it isn't stupid??? Can you prove that the poster isn't trying to intimidate the posters at the Free Republic???
241
posted on
10/24/2003 11:57:41 AM PDT
by
Porterville
(American First, Human being Second; liberal your derivative lifestyle will never be normalized.)
To: John Beresford Tipton
You are in deep shit to say "X is a murderer" unless you are prepared to prove that X is in fact a murderer. In your world pro lifers who believe that abortionists commit murder and say so are liable to defamation suits.
Welcome to the Rhineland.
To: Warren_Piece
Who is Jack McCoy?
To: Chancellor Palpatine
I'm almost certain that the scumbag would never sue for defamation because he doesn't want to see the evidence in a civil trial. I think people are pretty safe.
244
posted on
10/24/2003 11:58:24 AM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(If You're Not A Part Of The Solution, There's Good Money To Be Made In Prolonging The Problem.)
To: PhiKapMom
Don't understand why Freepers cannot see this is good info that has been put and should be heeded. This "freedom of speech" at all costs on here is a ridiculous argument. They need to put up their own site if they want to say anything they want about anybody!
Jim Robinson is free to remove any posts that he believes constitute a legal liability.
Ill trust his judgement over Chancellor Palpatines.
245
posted on
10/24/2003 11:58:32 AM PDT
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: gdani
"Of course, if you have to spend tens-of-thousands of dollars to defend yourself then does it ultimately matter if the suit is successful or not?"
The expenditure to which you refer is always voluntary. You always can represent yourself and let the chips -- however miniscule or few they may be -- fall where they may.
Always remember that any esquiretitute worth his fermentation products won't take on a lawsuit that may well be unproductive. And counter-damages for a plaintiff's legal expenses can really piss off a blood-sucking client big-time and long-term.
Confucius say: "30% of jack-$#!t from bloodless turnip is same as what looks like"......
246
posted on
10/24/2003 11:58:49 AM PDT
by
tracer
To: Chancellor Palpatine; hobbes1
my point is that there have been a lot of accusations and allegations thrown around as if fact, yet not really known by the folks spreading them. Its one thing to come up with principled opposition and to advocate that strongly, it is another to make direct allegations and present that as truth, when you have no actual knowledge of it and haven't bothered checking. It contributed to a hothouse atmosphere, and was used to put the pressure on the legislators and Jeb, without regard to evidence. to impeach a sitting president in back in the 1990's.
247
posted on
10/24/2003 11:58:53 AM PDT
by
NeoCaveman
(Official Scheming Diabolical Minion of the Month.)
To: Porterville
So you want this thread taken down because you don't like what it has to say but then on the other side of the coin whatever anyone wants to say on the Internet should be allowed? Do I have that right?
Do you not see the hypocricy in that?
My only hope is that at least one person reads this thread and decides to think before posting statements that could cause trouble! Somehow I have little faith in that happening!
248
posted on
10/24/2003 11:59:19 AM PDT
by
PhiKapMom
(AOII Mom -- Don't forget to Visit/donate at http://www.georgewbush.com)
To: Old Professer
" perhaps you might wish to reference them for us?"
He would be ill advised to do that.
For him to say "here is a defamatory post" and to reprint it would put him in the same dock as the author. The maxim is something like "tale bearers are as liable as tale makers"
To: dead
Isn't CP like the Emperor or something?
250
posted on
10/24/2003 12:00:07 PM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(If You're Not A Part Of The Solution, There's Good Money To Be Made In Prolonging The Problem.)
To: Poohbah
I've said that I will fight any subpoena to the best of my ability. I've also said that I'm not going to protect anyone who makes really stupid or illegal statements, ie, threats of violence or really vicious personal attacks, etc, that we don't want here anyway. I recommend not posting anything that will possibly result in a lawsuit or potentially a jail term.
251
posted on
10/24/2003 12:00:48 PM PDT
by
Jim Robinson
(Conservative by nature... Republican by spirit... Patriot by heart... AND... ANTI-Liberal by GOD!)
To: ckca; Chancellor Palpatine
"attempt to silence"
I'm confused. In what way is posting a completely accurate and neutral statement of defamation law an "attempt to silence" anyone?
So if I post a comprehensive list of gun control laws in all 50 states do I automatically become a "gun grabber?"
If I post a list of tax laws relating to churches does that make be a Christian basher?
I've seen people here state plainly that Schiavo is trying to finish the murder he started 13 years ago. If I was in his shoes [and didn't do it] and I heard such a statement, I'd do everything in my power to call the person to task for it. And CP's point, I believe, is that the law would, in fact, provide a remedy.
252
posted on
10/24/2003 12:00:57 PM PDT
by
lugsoul
(And I threw down my enemy and smote his ruin on the mountainside)
To: Chancellor Palpatine
253
posted on
10/24/2003 12:01:05 PM PDT
by
TheAngryClam
(Don't blame me, I voted for McClintock.)
To: harrowup
Hint - Try googling the word "defamation", then wade through the hits.
To: Modernman
I guess I'll have to read up more on this, but it just seems so unjust to me. If I'm doing everything within the borders of my own state, I'd think I'd have the right to not be blindsided by the laws of another state, the drafting of which I had absolutely no say in. Either that, or there should be some controlling federal law. At least I'd have a say in that.
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posted on
10/24/2003 12:01:39 PM PDT
by
inquest
("Where else do gun owners have to go?" - Lee Atwater)
To: PhiKapMom
Because it is a stupid post that is meant to intimidate people who know little about the web... it is cruel... and for some reason a few people on this posting is actually believing the BS that has been posted.
Garbage, cruel, and incorrect in it connotations.
256
posted on
10/24/2003 12:02:07 PM PDT
by
Porterville
(American First, Human being Second; liberal your derivative lifestyle will never be normalized.)
To: John Beresford Tipton
"They serve court process, and if you lose they seize and auction off your property and pay it over to the winning side. "
They wouldn't get too much out of me.. I'm broke.
To: Porterville
see 251
258
posted on
10/24/2003 12:03:45 PM PDT
by
Pan_Yans Wife
(You may forget the one with whom you have laughed, but never the one with whom you have wept.)
To: exmarine
The bible is what people swear on in courtrooms when they take oaths.Very few, if any, courts use an actual Bible when swearing in a witness. In our state, the person raises his (or her) right hand and says, "I swear or affirm...."
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posted on
10/24/2003 12:04:35 PM PDT
by
Catspaw
To: lugsoul
I've seen people here state plainly that Schiavo is trying to finish the murder he started 13 years ago. If I was in his shoes [and didn't do it] and I heard such a statement, I'd do everything in my power to call the person to task for it. And CP's point, I believe, is that the law would, in fact, provide a remedy.Michael Schiavo has been called all sorts of good stuff by Mr Shindler. Mr Shindler has invited him to file a defamation suit. Thus far MS had declined.
Care to guess why?
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