Hi, the last case I heard of, "clever darky" caused some considerable embarrassment.
Those personalities learn restraint - quickly. They get told privately (and publically sometimes) what is acceptable. The person imparting the lesson does it in a manner where they do not descend to the level of the offender. Derek. On Mon, 13 Dec 2004, Dale Anderson wrote: > Well obviously if the language used/implied is against the law itself > in one way or another , how do you think radio/TV personalities get > around sharing their "personal" views on air ? > > Dale. > > Volker Kuhlmann wrote: > > >>As far as I recall it is legal to state your personal views re someone > >>else publically as long as you truely believe your statement > >>....regardless of the content . > >> > >> > > > >So I could call you all sorts rude and offensive things in public and be > >legally safe? And nobody say I don't believe them to be true! I find > >that hard to believe. > > > >I have however heard that the opposite is true: saying things about > >someone else, even if true (eg "company XYZ on the West Coast is > >destroying the environmetn by ..."), can get you successfully > >prosecuted. > > > >Volker > > > > > > > > > -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. This PC runs pine on linux for email IndraNet Technologies Ltd. If you find a virus apparently from me, it has Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] forged the e-mail headers on someone else's machine ph +64 3 365 6485 Please do not notify me when (apparently) receiving a Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/ windows virus from me......
