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To: jwalsh07
"No, you can't be sued , arrested or pilloried in America for offering up opinions"

The key here is "opinions"
You are probably safe to say "In my opinion, X is a murderer."

You are in deep shit to say "X is a murderer" unless you are prepared to prove that X is in fact a murderer.
72 posted on 10/24/2003 10:57:15 AM PDT by John Beresford Tipton
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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.

OJ is a murderer.

73 posted on 10/24/2003 10:58:54 AM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: John Beresford Tipton
So what do you call someone who is in the process of murdering someone? A committed murderer?
76 posted on 10/24/2003 10:59:59 AM PDT by Bikers4Bush
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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.

242 posted on 10/24/2003 11:57:43 AM PDT by jwalsh07
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