Exactly, Slander is a malicious statement of facts. Hustler printed something claiming Jerry Falwell lost his virginity to his mother in an outhouse as I recall.
Falwell sued and lost. The Supreme Court said that the intent of the Hustler piece, as vile and mean as it may have been, could not be seen by any reasonable person to have been intended to be taken factually. > -----Original Message----- > From: G Money [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 11:24 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Imus On Nappy Headed Hoes > > But I don't think there IS any legal protection in this situation. This > does > not even approach the legal definition of slander, so a discussion > about > possible legal action is over before it begins. I don't think an > _opinion_ > can be slanderous. It can be malicious, hateful, even against the law > if it > promotes violence, but that would fall under a different statute than > slander. > > Of course, IANAL so I could be way off base.... > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 The most significant release in over 10 years. Upgrade & see new features. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJR Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:232482 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
