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Free speech is great, and yes everyone should be allowed to exercise that right, but you should be able to accept that some peoples reactions will be varied. Don't like that? Can't handle that? Then shut up.
Originally posted by Dispo
Originally posted by oper8zhin
Americans FIGHT for their RIGHTS unlike the UK.
No they don't. Prove me wrong.
. Are we really now saying that thinking and publicly expressing a defferent opinion is a criminal offence?
Will people who don't believe the official stories behind 9/11, 7/7, the madrid train bombings etc etc all soon be arrested because of the offence it causes to the victims?
Will it be a hate crime to move away from what the government tells us has happened?
Originally posted by Grimpachi
reply to post by DoYouEvenLift
Can you prove they were not drug addicts? Either way that is a fine line you want to impose and it isn’t the type of thing I want to see here.
Originally posted by RogueMcChronic
Originally posted by DoYouEvenLift
What is the big deal?
He made libelous comments and has been arrested because of it. I wish it happened more than it does, frankly, the internet would be a much more hospitable place if there were real world consequences for your words.
You can't just go around saying whatever you want about whomever you want and expect it to not have consequences. He didn't just say "They got what they deserved" he said, "They got what they deserved BECAUSE THEY WERE DRUG ADDICTS." Calling someone a drug addict is libelous and a crime.
This is open and shut.
OMG, are you serious?
He didn't even name a specific person or organisation. What a stretch. And I don't think you can get arrested for libel or slander, you can only get sued perhaps by the affected person or entity.
With your reasoning a big part of this site would be libelous and illegal.
What a load of hogwash.
Originally posted by clintdelicious
reply to post by DoYouEvenLift
That is ridiculous! You think calling someone a drug addict can get you arrested? Maybe is you followed someone around saying it to them, but that would be a for of harassment instead. If this was the case then people would be getting arrested constantly, think how many people make comments accusing politicians and just other people in general or everything from corruption to just insults in general.
people need to grow up, sticks and stones will break my bones but words will result in me suing you!!! People need to get thicker skin and not worry about what a single moron says. Who cares what some idiot thinks and says?!?
It would have been easier for him to protect his person if he HAD named someone specifically. By saying "they" he opened himself up to needing to prove every single person was a drug addict. Also, a big part of this site IS libelous and illegal!! Libel is can be criminal in UK and the United States.
English law allows actions for libel to be brought in the High Court for any published statements which are alleged to defame a named or identifiable individual (or individuals) in a manner which causes them loss in their trade or profession, or causes a reasonable person to think worse of him, her or them.
Originally posted by RogueMcChronic
reply to post by DoYouEvenLift
From your own link,
English law allows actions for libel to be brought in the High Court for any published statements which are alleged to defame a named or identifiable individual (or individuals) in a manner which causes them loss in their trade or profession, or causes a reasonable person to think worse of him, her or them.
Did he name or identify an individual(s)?
I rest my case.
Originally posted by RogueMcChronic
reply to post by DoYouEvenLift
It would have been easier for him to protect his person if he HAD named someone specifically. By saying "they" he opened himself up to needing to prove every single person was a drug addict. Also, a big part of this site IS libelous and illegal!! Libel is can be criminal in UK and the United States.
Lol this is crazytalk. There is no party to be the victim of libel. Who is they?
You think this site and its posters would not be in more trouble if every accusation of treason by politicians would be illigal?
Originally posted by Grimpachi
reply to post by DoYouEvenLift
I agree in the US it would be an open and shut case of illegal prosecution.
Generally, yes, the type of things talked about on this website would be considered libel. However.. this site isn't the target of libel lawsuits. Why? Because no one takes this site seriously. Because very few reasonable persons would take the libelous comments on this site as truth.
He defamed identifiable individuals in a manner that could cause a reasonable person to think worse of them.
Originally posted by RogueMcChronic
reply to post by DoYouEvenLift
Generally, yes, the type of things talked about on this website would be considered libel. However.. this site isn't the target of libel lawsuits. Why? Because no one takes this site seriously. Because very few reasonable persons would take the libelous comments on this site as truth.
But when this guy speaks it is a problem? Lol.
What do you have to say about your own link debunking your claims?
You really can't be taken seriously, can you.