Re: Thou shalt have no other gods before the ANSI C standard

From: Phil Carmody (thefatphil_demunge_at_yahoo.co.uk)
Date: 02/26/05 

Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 15:52:16 +0200

On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 07:50:08 +0000, Randy Howard wrote:

> In article <alVTd.926$C47.404@newssvr14.news.prodigy.com>,
> nameless@nowhere.org says...
>> Randy Howard wrote:
>> > But libel does not work either. If the "libelee" does not have
>>
>> This is not a court of law. Try simple common useage.
>
> Libel is a legal term, even if it is commonly misused. People
> have threatened to sue others over Usenet posts, and been
> laughed out of the ballpark.

At their _threats_, perhaps. But if you're like Godfrey, and you
actually take it to court, you walk away a richer man.

Or does 1997 fall into the "short term memory" zone with which some
of the creakier a.f.c-ers seems to have problems?

(Not that I think the Godfrey decision was correct, but it _did_ happen.)

Phil

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