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To: Rutles4Ever

Joking about rape isn’t defamation.


54 posted on 05/11/2007 7:47:33 AM PDT by Bogey78O (Don't call them jihadis. Call them irhabis. Tick them off, don't entertain their delusion.)
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To: Bogey78O
Joking about rape isn’t defamation.

Denigrating jokes can absolutely constitute defamation.

According to WordWeb

defamation:

1. A malicious attack
2. An abusive attack on a person's character or good name

60 posted on 05/11/2007 8:37:33 AM PDT by Rutles4Ever (Ubi Petrus, ibi ecclesia, et ubi ecclesia vita eterna)
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To: Bogey78O
Joking about rape isn’t defamation.

But it sure is the sign of a psychotic personality.

78 posted on 05/11/2007 9:19:34 AM PDT by MEGoody (Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
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