Xref: utzoo talk.politics.misc:71101 comp.org.eff.talk:2662 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!clyde.concordia.ca!altitude!elevia!alain From: alain@elevia.UUCP (W.A.Simon) Newsgroups: talk.politics.misc,comp.org.eff.talk Subject: Re: Growing MJ (Advice sought) Message-ID: <1991Jun14.115527.21949@elevia.UUCP> Date: 14 Jun 91 11:55:27 GMT References: <1991Jun7.102950.1658@elevia.UUCP> <0wFe44w164w@cellar.UUCP> Organization: The W.A.Simon Wild Life Fund Lines: 24 In <0wFe44w164w@cellar.UUCP> rogue@cellar.UUCP (Rache McGregor) writes: >alain@elevia.UUCP (W.A.Simon) writes: >>In stanton@lurch.stanford.edu (Scot >>>In article <1991Jun4.184604.27133@rodan.acs.syr.edu> dbarberi@rodan.acs.syr. >>>[...] >>> So what IS the difference between printed media and electronic media? >>>[ ... ] >> Why should there be a distinction between speech >>[ ... ] >The main difference between speech and print is not in protection, but in >proof. The distinctions between slander and libel are not simply the fact >that one is spoken and the other written: in a slander case, the alleged >defamation must be verified by witnesses; in a libel case, the written >document stands as evidence. No dispute with what you are saying. Print has force of authenticity. Speech and electronic media don't. But this is not a reason to differentiate between the two when it comes to giving them protection under the law. >Rachel K. McGregor -- William "Alain" Simon UUCP: alain@elevia.UUCP