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To: jimmenknee who wrote (28771)10/10/2012 4:39:15 AM
From: old 'n crankyRead Replies (3) of 53574
 
Do we need a lawyer to settle the basic free speech issue of this one? The JBI technology is not Scientology, JB isn't M...h..m....d and Canada isn't a Fundamentalist State.

It's reasonable for us to believe that no Canadian court can dictate to even the most egregious defamers, which these three certainly don't appear to be (absent some unknown non-public statements, which would render them non-defamatory), that "Thou shall not speak their names in any context, ever".

But they did. So I guess we DO need a lawyer.
The questions become:
What are a persons freedom of speech rights in Canada?
Assuming that such rights are comparable to those enjoyed by a US citizen, can a civil court order a defendant to give up those rights?

I know it's not on point, but I'm reminded of an old US Business Law lesson: A contract between two parties to commit an illegal act, that otherwise includes all the required elements of a contract, is unenforceable in court.
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