[mrsmith]

There are limits to what can be said here. Witness the investigation by the Secret Service of one person's (Gonzo ?) comments.

We do have to think about slander and libel law. Jim removes some material that is obviously slanderous.

I wish the poster of that thread had offered his comments at a more dispassionate time though.

[jwalsh07]

I wish the poster of that thread had offered his comments at a more dispassionate time though.

But that would have defeated the entire purpose for the post. Perhaps a more apt time would have been the 2000 election when defamation was the norm.

[Diva Betsy Ross]

Well of course we have to be careful what we say here. For example we can not threaten the life of the President. I do believe the Secret service would be well within their power to look into that kind of threat. As for as saying you wish anyone else were dead, I don't think is slander or libel. Is that what the poster of this thread was refering to? Well, we don't know because it was a gerneral threat to everyone who is posting about the Terri case. Of course anyone who has read any of this person's posts knows he is firmly against keeping Terri alive, meaning the threat is not to people like himself, but to those of us who are against killing Terri.

I am not familiar with what Gonzo said, I have only seen veiled remarks about what this person posted, so I can not comment on that .

I don't see how what has happened over the last week and half would yeild a general threat to the entire forum that we need to take heed for libel and slander for discussing a case ,and our feelings about that case.

If those are the new rules, then Jim had better just pull the plug. No amtter what the topic here there are some who wish to contol the deabte by any means necessary. Empty threats is one way a weak minded person can do so. I support Jim, and anything he want sot pull is oaky with me. It is his site and I don't need an explantion , but I don't think he pulls posts on the basis of libel or slander.