[48460] in Cypherpunks
Re: The Big Lie
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dr. Dimitri Vulis)
Mon Jan 29 08:02:33 1996
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
From: dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr. Dimitri Vulis)
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 96 07:44:29 EST
In-Reply-To: <199601291158.TAA00437@ratbox.rattus.uwa.edu.au>
Bruce Murphy <packrat@ratbox.rattus.uwa.edu.au> writes:
>
> I was under the impression that you couldn't libel/slander a dead
> person. Mainly because libel/slander is a offence against reputation
> which dead people don't care much for, but also because once you go
> against this principle where in hell (no pun intended) do you draw the
> line.
Where it's convenient to the state. Reportedly in Germany you can easily
slander dead people, their estates, their descendants, and other members
of their ethnic group.
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