Yokemate of Keyboards
Posts: 4977 from 2009/1/28
From: Delaware, USA
Quote:redrumloa wrote:
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Jim wrote:
And calling somebody psychotic in a public forum is slander.
And btw, whether you like him or not, slandering a lawyer is pretty STUPID.
I don't know about the EU, but here in the US insulting someone is not illegal. I don't know if I'd call Hermans psychotic, but I would call him a crook IMO.
You are misinformed, not only is it NOT legal, its actionable.
An insult, is just that, its not an unqualified statement about another's mental state.
That is slander.
Better yet, you use the term "crook", short for crooked if I'm not mistaken, or in other word someone who engages in illegal activities.
So, exactly what do you think he did that violated the law?
We aren't talking ethics here, we're talking actual wrong doing.
This kind of crap makes US look bad, its muckraking.
Stop letting your sentiments overwhelm your reasoning.
"Never attribute to malice what can more readily explained by incompetence"
