DEFAMATION -- LIBEL AND SLANDER [Florida Law - FReepers Heed]

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[Pan_Yans Wife]

Won't there be a disclaimer slapped on the movie?

[ckca]

Palpatine is making an obvious effort to cool speech here at FR since the death cultists have been knocked on their heels.

And since many FReepers know Palpatine is a lawyer hiding behind that screen name, this threat takes on much larger proportions, and should be countered.

This kind of legal terrorism should not be tolerated. Palpitine is extracting his revenge for the will of the people trumping judicial and lawyerly activism.

This is one of the most vile attempts at censorship I've ever witnessed here.

[PhiKapMom]

So that gives you guys free reign to post whatever you want, when you want rather you have the facts or not because you can stand behind Jim saying he would never divulge private information?

What a bunch of misguided people there are on here if they feel they can say anything they want and stand behind Jim's statement so he takes the fall not you. BTW, all we have is your say on what Jim said and I have no doubt under most circumstances he would protect the identity of Freepers! That said, there are circumstances where I can see he would cooperate with law enforcement!

Freepers better watch what they post about the President or anyone under USSS protection because Jim or no one else is ever going to stand by and let those statements stand and protect the people that said them!

Don't you think that posting outrageous statements while hiding behind a screen name is childish and not worthy of this site or Jim's support of Freepers. Why would anyone want to put Jim in jeopardy by posting their suppositions as facts and letting their feelings get in the way of actual facts when they don't even know the people involved?

[onyx]

You working for the ACLU or Attny Felos himself?


7 posted on 10/24/2003 10:22 AM PDT by ckca

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That's right, insult the messenger and ignore the message.
You're a real beaut!

OBVIOUSLY, Chancellor Palpatine posted this to "protect" this forum (wherein he is one of the most valued and astute members) by warning all of us of the consequences of ad hominem and vicious slander.

[Chancellor Palpatine]

Wrongo. Reckless disregard as to the truth or falsity gets you there too.

[Modernman]

I'm 6'3", 230 pounds, healthy, and I hit back. Hard.

A lawsuit is much more frightening than a fist fight and can lead to much more long-term damage.

[John Beresford Tipton]

That is incorrect. It is defamation per se to call someone a murderer, whether you know it is false or not.

[OXENinFLA]

Read later.

[TheBigB]

C'mon, Chancellor...this is a pantload and you know it. If Schiavo wants to sue anyone, he'd better get busy. Cause I guarantee there are hundreds of thousands of sites and posters throught the net saying the same things. I think he's a lying, murderous bastard. There, I said it again. No action will be taken against me nor FR and everyone knows it. If Jom wishes to pull my statements, he can.

[Modernman]

Jim Robinson has stated in the past that even if under subpoena he would NEVER reveal identifying confidential information about individual FReepers.

How about under a court order? That's quite different from a subpoena.

I'd hope that the individual FReepers involved in such a situation would have the intengrity to break their anonymity, rather than rely on Jim's going to jail to protect them.

[Catspaw]

OBVIOUSLY, Chancellor Palpatine posted this to "protect" this forum (wherein he is one of the most valued and astute members) by warning all of us of the consequences of ad hominem and vicious slander.

Libel.

Slander is spoken word, libel is written word.

[onyx]

Thanks. I am NOT a lawyer.

[ckca]

So that gives you guys free reign to post whatever you want

Feel free to post here any libel or slander I have ever posted re Michael Schiavo. Regardless, its not libel to call a man a murderer and and an adulterer who...is a (attempted) murderer and adutlerer.

You fail to see that this is not about libel or slander.

This is about a FReeper who is a lawyer and using the law and Jim Robinson's website to attempt to silence those who have by their activism defeated his agenda.

He despises them and is attempting to extract revenge on them, which is reprehensible, far moreso than anything any FReeper has said about Terri's husband.

Open you eyes.

[Catspaw]

Thanks. I am NOT a lawyer.

Blame it on one semester of media law I took waaaay back when.

[StriperSniper]

BTTT

[dirtboy]

Take heed folks - hiding behind screennames will not defeat a Federal subpoena.

No way in hell Shiavo would sue - it would open him up to discovery.

[onyx]

I wish you had the means to edit my error! :)

[jwalsh07]

Wrongo. Reckless disregard as to the truth or falsity gets you there too.

Well hell, if that is the case you should have been wherever "there" is a long tome ago.

[B Knotts]

Take a gander at this.

[dead]

Wrongo. Reckless disregard as to the truth or falsity gets you there too.

There is enough evidence in print (true or false) to lead one to speculate reasonably in the case of Michael Shiavo. It is not the job of any free citizen to independently check out every story they read in print.

You can no more be sued for calling Schiavo a murderer than you can be sued for calling Clinton a rapist.