Do you think a slander or libel lawsuit would have any standing at all? He said it offhandedly. He repeatedly apoligized. He said there was _no_ basis for these remarks. The reputation of the players has not been hurt in any way.
As a matter of fact, the reputation of these women has raised unbelievably. The way they've handled this, and what their actions and words have shown about their quality and character, has been truly astounding. I think they have done a lot for representing their age, gender, race, culture, sport, and school in the best possible light. Better than winning. So, there is no basis for such a suit (which is a civil offense, anyway) On 4/13/07, Mary Jo Sminkey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Offense is one thing...but there *are* laws against slander and libel and I > do think they come into play here. Freedom of speech does not mean you can > just freely say anything you want to about someone else....and nor should it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Deploy Web Applications Quickly across the enterprise with ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2 Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:232473 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
