Re: A picture?

tomstdenis_at_gmail.com
Date: 02/15/05 

Date: 14 Feb 2005 21:36:20 -0800

Nora Baron wrote:
> Well, I was fooled. This is a really rather bad use of the
> Internet. Harris in this instance has a legal case against whoever
> did it, I would think. There is a link to it from crank.net.

... arg ...

At least in Canada this is NO case for defamation here. I know, I've
actually researched this before when another troll said "I'll sue you".

In Canada at least defamation is something in print or published that

a) Causes contempt, ridicule or other public consequences
b) Has no bearing on the public welfare
c) Cannot be reasonably assertained as fact

It is not defamation if

a) What you're saying is truthful [reasonably]
b) There is a public interest in having the truth out

There are a few more [~section 298 of the CCC] but that's the jist.

So calling Harris a hack and publicly correcting all his "truths" is
not only "truthful" but in the publics best interest because we
wouldn't want him education others would we?

Tom