> >> >> May I ask, what in the world justifies letting Roman rant on with his > >> >> interminable insults and obsessive, bellicose language when we can't > >> >> stand > >> >> Matanya's equally insulting postings? Why should there be a > >> >> difference? > >> > > >> > I don't know that anything justifies some of Roman's more personal > >> > jibes. But they are never libelous, > >> > >> Gee, Howard... do you really mean that? > > DO you have evidence of me being libellous?????? > > It's a splitting of hairs. C.f. the word libelous in a good dictionary. I > for one cannot distinguish any great difference in the insults that used to > fly between yourself and Matanya. My dictionary gives as the same as slander, and that is what MO does to Arthur. I don't do slander.
> > >> since they never purport to be > >> > more than personal opinion. (Indeed, many of Roman's posts are > >> > grounded in the notion that his opinions are valid solely because they > >> > are his, so he never feels the need to substantiate them, or even > >> > explain what he means.) > >> > >> And in what way does this make Matanya's postings any different? > > Because MO had set out to assasinate Arthur's character by spreading lies > > about Arthur. It was a libelous act. > > So let Arthur deal with it! What are you? His self-appointed guardian angel? No, I am not. But I do believe in speaking out against evil. RT To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
