Brava, Karen. Defamation of character can occur on a list. It's presence on a list is like a pregnant chad --- very debatable, and somewhat toxic to your political and social health.
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-----Original Message----- From: kjensen@c... [SMTP:MIME : To: vocalist-temporary@egroups.com Subject: Re: [vocalist-temporary] Re: Censorship
-------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- -------------------------------------------------------- Received: from mq.egroups.com [208.50.144.79] by [192.168.100.1]; using TFS Secure Messaging on Tue, 28 Nov 2000 17:30:02 -0500 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-478810-6958-975450638-ccaleffie=itgtravel.com@r... sentto-478810-6958-975450638-ccaleffie=itgtravel.com@r... Received: from [10.1.4.56] by mq.egroups.com with NNFMP; 28 Nov 2000 22:30:41 -0000 X-Sender: kjensen@c... X-Apparently-To: vocalist-temporary@egroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-6_3_1_2); 28 Nov 2000 22:30:37 -0000 Received: (qmail 4262 invoked from network); 28 Nov 2000 22:30:20 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by l10.egroups.com with QMQP; 28 Nov 2000 22:30:20 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO electra.cc.umanitoba.ca) (130.179.16.23) by mta1 with SMTP; 28 Nov 2000 22:30:20 -0000 Received: from [24.108.96.93] (cd680434-a.scrfld1.mb.wave.home.com [24.108.96.93]) by electra.cc.umanitoba.ca (8.9.0/8.9.0) with ESMTP id QAA00256 for <vocalist-temporary@egroups.com>; Tue, 28 Nov 2000 16:30:18 QAA00256 for <vocalist-temporary@egroups.com>; Tue, 28 Nov 2000 16:30:18 -0600 (CST) X-Sender: kjensen@m... Message-Id: <v04020a01b649e1afd632@[24.108.96.93]> In-Reply-To: <20001116225257.24769.qmail@w...> In-Reply-To: <20001116225257.24769.qmail@w...> To: vocalist-temporary@egroups.com From: Karen <kjensen@c...> From: Karen <kjensen@c...> MIME-Version: 1.0 Mailing-List: list vocalist-temporary@egroups.com; contact vocalist-temporary-owner@egroups.com vocalist-temporary-owner@egroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list vocalist-temporary@egroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:vocalist-temporary-unsubscribe@egroups.com> Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 16:30:20 -0600 Reply-To: vocalist-temporary@egroups.com Subject: Re: [vocalist-temporary] Re: Censorship Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I received a private email regarding my choice of the word 'slander', pointing out that vitrioIic language isn't against the law. I certainly don't mind being corrected. On the topic of slander, perhaps I chose the wrong word. I wanted to introduce the idea that freedom of speech and regulated human behaviour can co-exist. we can have a moderated list without censorship, but there need to be rules. Email lists are so public, that negative characterization of another person could be some form of 'defamation of character', and is not to be entered into lightly. Karen Jensen
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