Exactly the comment was racist so of course it got comment/repercussion
, If he had implied he thought the guy was an idiot there would have
been no issue .
Dale.
Derek Smithies wrote:
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
