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echo: locsysop
to: Paul Edwards
from: Rod Speed
date: 1997-01-22 07:08:28
subject: suing

JG> To not defame someone, it must be shown to be
JG> in the public interest. Truth is irrelevant!.

RS> You've mangled that too. It was actually about child molesting, and
RS> its hard to claim that comments about that aint in the public interest.

RS> Truth is indeed very relevant in that particular case.

PE> How the hell did the guy show financial loss though?

It affected his employment prospects very severely indeed. The defamation
was actually done to fuck up his chances of getting a particular job. That
was the whole point of it, to ensure he didnt get the job.
@EOT:

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