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To: jwalsh07
No, you can't be sued , arrested or pilloried in America for offering up opinions despite what Palpatine wants some to think.

That's not correct - however, the threshhold for libel and slander are quite high in this country, as opposed to Britain - and whether or not someone is a public figure also plays into just how high the threshhold is.

60 posted on 10/24/2003 10:53:37 AM PDT by dirtboy (Now in theaters - Howard Dean as Buzz Lightweight - taking the Dems to Oblivion and Beyond in 2004!)
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To: dirtboy
IMHO, you are %^&^%^%^$*%.

Sue me. :-}

66 posted on 10/24/2003 10:55:54 AM PDT by jwalsh07
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