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!)