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From: earlw@pesnta.UUCP (Earl Wallace)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Sears
Message-ID: <3013@pesnta.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 8-Feb-86 15:12:22 EST
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Posted: Sat Feb  8 15:12:22 1986
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Reply-To: earlw@pesnta.UUCP (Earl Wallace)
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In article <243@imagen.UUCP> jay@imagen.UUCP (Jay Jaeckel) writes:
>...
>Aren't you awfully worried that the wrong predatory lawyers are going to
>see your postings, and crucify you???  Another question:  Is there any
>fairness or honesty at all in the libel laws, if I read them right?
>                                        -- Jay Jaeckel
>                                        ...{ucbvax,decwrl}!imagen!jay

If I tell my friends not to take their car to the Smuck European dealership
because they do lousy work and charge you a lot, is that libel?  Is it
only libel if I cause Smuck European to lose business because of my remarks?

Can I say anything I want as long as I preface it with "In my opinion"?
When do we start to lose our of freedom of speech?