Re: IIgs Bargains for the IIgs from Seven Hills Software

[pfg@yallara.cs.rmit.EDU.AU (Paul Francis Gilbert)]

p.krass@genie.com (Paul Krass) writes:

>Tom,
>  Honestly, is your brain that diluted that you would think you could win such a cae?

>EVERY usenet group has flames.. hell, you'ved flamed people..

>Get a clue.

But the thing you're missing is... there is a BIG BIG BIG difference between
flaming and public slander. A flame is telling someone off or insulting them
in a thread. A public slander is intent to defame a person's character. 

So, for example, when Nutball posts his usual diarreah posts, I can post a
followup saying he's a dickhead, jerk, and an arsehole [Apart from the fact
that I'm not lying ;-)], it's an insult/flame. 

However, Nutball claiming that Tom has 1) pirated software, 2) is a druggie,
3) has illegal material on his site; that is not a flame, nor is it an
insult... it is defamanation of character: the systematic attempt to defame
someone in a public forum without proof [well I'm not 100% certain about 1),
but I'm pretty damn sure 2) and 3) have been made without a smidgen of proof,
and in any case I'm willing to give Tom the benefit of the doubt].


Understand the difference?

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>http://www.jadetech.com/~gser/

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>Paul Krass - (p.krass@genie.com)

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