Rick Adams
> Paul wrote:
>
> > If the site routinely "publishes" such statements with no
> > fact-checking (and of course there won't be any), I'd imagine
> > there could be some kind of legal trouble. Is it akin to a
> > newspaper printing a slanderous article from a correspondent?
> > I think one might be able to make that argument stick.
>
> Here, I agree completely.
>
> I oppose the calls for censorship or elimination of
> such sites, but that doesn't imply that I oppose the imposition of
accountability
> standards on them.
And I agree with every word you wrote in support of that. Nicely put. I
hope if I ever start something with that potential for legal trouble, you
_do_ take the trouble to have that colleague in law give me the appropriate
warnings.
Paul Smith
Alverno College
Milwaukee
