Defamation is the act of communicating to a third party false statements about a person that result in damage to that person's reputation. It can be oral (slander) or written (libel). It constitutes a tort or a crime. The legal definition of defamation and related acts as well as the ways they are dealt with can vary greatly between countries and jurisdictions (what exactly they must consist of, whether they constitute crimes or not, to what extent proving the alleged facts is a valid defence).
Defamation is the act of communicating to a third party false statements about a person that result in damage to that person's reputation. It can be oral (slander) or written (libel). It constitutes a tort or a crime. The legal definition of defamation and related acts as well as the ways they are dealt with can vary greatly between countries and jurisdictions (what exactly they must consist of, whether they constitute crimes or not, to what extent proving the alleged facts is a valid defence).
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That's right. Upon further investigation on my part, it appears that defamation could be considered a crime in some sense, or in some jurisdictions. Generally, in the United States, defamation is treated as a "tort" or a "civil wrong" rather than a criminal one:
Good question. Look it up for yourself and report your finding here. I'm interested to know more.
Wait...how/where can I "look up for myself" the answers to questions I asked YOU about about what (if anything) YOU mean by what YOU choose to say? Anywhere I go to "look it up for myself," they're just gonna tell me what I already know: "Ha! User Name, eh! That idiot would even need to tell you to 'go look it up for yourself' if you so much as asked him whether or not he likes ice cream, and if so what is his favorite flavor."
Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah?
In a democrat court with a democrat prosecutor, a card-carrying democrat cultist judge, and an all-democrat jury with a flaming Marxist foreman?
Of course. Democrats slander republicans without consequence but if a republican even mildly criticizes a democrat for a fault the innocent republican faces jail time in a DC dungeon.
The Republicans have a massive mistake which was made with good intentions by the National Review in linking together Republicans with libertarian ideology, which Republicans simply do not agree with. Republicans are not like those anarchist libertarians. We believe in government, in big powerful government, like governments that can hold together a nation which is tearing apart, and governments that can help win world wars. Libertarians don't believe in those governments, Republicans are not libertarians. In fact, Democrats are more akin to libertarians than Republicans. If it wasn't for the National Review we wouldn't have this ideological problem.
Yanno....I was thinking about pointing out that it's not 1963 any more or even 1983 for that matter; but I didn't. I guess I should listen to my instincts more.But it's not; is it?...It's not a legitimate insult and that's the point!
Your "party" would have been ground into the dirt 30-40 years ago if that "end big government" link wasn't established. This is just stupid.Libertarians are not anarchist, they are minarchist..That's why they suck. They are too much like Republicans claim to be.
Governments which present false dichotomies to divide a nation and ensure the present power structure it created, and governments which start World Wars to send the children of those nations to die for the concerns of the wealthy. I agree...In fact Republicans are more akin to Democrats than Libertarians. I have been saying this for years.
Would you like to see the new guillotine designs I have drawn up?
Your opinion?
Which one of us has just ostracized ourselves from society?
I mean, if you want to keep up this intellectual vacancy it's up to you...
That's not only leftists when their "argument" is debunked, but it's also leftists while they are presenting their "argument". Although, on the other hand, leftists presenting their "argument" is pretty much the same thing as leftists' "argument" being debunked, so I guess the simplest way to accurately state matters is that that is leftists qua leftists.
Unfortunately there are some who still seem to 'live' back in those eras...
*meh* Only because most people really don't know what it is they really fear. Like I pointed out it's just an economic system. It's not until you add authoritarianism to the mix that things get really bad. Hell, there are people here and there actually peddling a form of "communism" which feature private property...Seriously...It's just the "means of production" which is held in common. Nobody is explaining, of course, where my "private property" ends and our "means of production" begin but it sounds awesome on paper.
The same as a system which will confiscate your "private property" if you don't pay a yearly tax for services you don't use or have any use for.
But it's not; is it?...It's not a legitimate insult and that's the point!
I'd like to take this opportunity to also point out that the more you point your finger at Russia, the larger China looms in the background.
Just sayin'....
he was denied a trial
