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Re: OT but important to aquarists



It is ok to have an opinion but 'tis another thing to state it as fact. as in
my opinion this is very bad for America. and chicken little was right the sky
IS falling could get you sued.

J Miller wrote:

>   Carefull, Bob.  It's comments like this that got a few people on the
> plants list slapped with the suit.  It sounds crazy, but it's true!
>
> Bob Crosby wrote:
> "Webster's defines defamation as "the act of injuring another's
> reputation by
> any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously
> injuring the good name of another; slander; detraction; calumny;
> aspersion.
> In modern usage, written defamation bears the title of libel."
>
> With that said, methinks they doth protest too much. If their hold on
> their
> business is so tenuous as to be threatened by others' opinions or
> reports of
> their experience(s) in a semi-public forum, perhaps they should look to
>
> the
> core values (or lack thereof) of that business. Furthermore, it's been
> my
> experience that those with the most to hide often are the ones most
> desirous
> of quashing dissent. Soon we'll be burning books....
>
> Bob Crosby"
>
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> J. Miller
> Edmonton, AB, Can.
>
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