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From: learn@chinet.chi.il.us (bill vajk)
Newsgroups: misc.legal,news.admin,soc.women
Subject: Re: A real sweetheart
Summary: Thar She Blows !
Message-ID: <6126@chinet.chi.il.us>
Date: 29 Jul 88 01:11:29 GMT
References: <12624@agate.BERKELEY.EDU>
Organization: Chinet - Chicago Public Access UNIX
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In article <12624@agate.BERKELEY.EDU>, era1987@violet.berkeley.edu writes:

* Now suppose that I decide to have some fun, and I post
* several articles referring to that lawyer as a prig, and I
* encourage all my friends to do so, telling  them that since the
* lawyer really is a prig, they don't have to worry about libel suits,
* and the poor lawyer finds that six to twenty articles a day are being
* posted to the net, each one referring to that lawyer as a prig as
* many times as possible in each paragraph.  Suppose the lawyer has
* no sense of humor, being a real prig, and sues me.  Do you
* think that the truth that she or he is, in reality and in fact, a prig,
* will serve me as an absolute defense in a harassment suit?  

By the text "I encourage all my friends to do so " you create a conspiracy
scenario, another entity altogether. If the encouragement consists of
example only, then the resultant postings eminate from individuals
exercising their rights.

The best defense is the truth. Why not use truth in your examples as well.

Bill Vajk                                                     learn@chinet