tonto: Intent. If I say "ah that guys a xxxxxxx criminal", I could just be calling him a name. (In my mind..which is what I believe counts in court)
This is silly though, unless and until there is someone that is willing to go on the record as an attorney and "render an opinion", anything and everything that is said here concerning any legal issues is just "jailhouse lawyering".
You could also maybe make a case that the discussion of what is going to happen or not happen to spider and rico is just someone trying to intimidate, threaten, bully, defame whatever.. We could go on and on about stuff like this.. I happen to think it's silly.
Non lawyers I believe can say things like..you better be careful what you say...you could be sued, but as far as making any kind of a legal statement that one should place any legal weight on is highly suspect. (which btw, I guess even this post could be looked at that way?)
Even if you were in a similar case and lost..that is just your case.
I agree however that there is far too much of the negative side of postings, I take it to the extreme myself. You see..to me saying that someone is nipping at someones ankles..starting a moron thread, reposting old posts & taking them out of context is really no different than the words I use..that's why I use them. (which by the way, I believe I deserve an "A" for creative use of the insult) At least I am not afraid to show what I am really doing, and what is really being said. No one seems to be able to see that.
(Except SI of course and they have (at least so far) been willing to take the belt to my @ss at a reduced count,burn my arms with cigerettes with the regular size instead of kingsize, and not use as much electrical current on my gonads after I explain my position on things.)
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