[65793] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Authority
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (jon bennett)
Wed Dec 10 15:08:10 2003
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 15:00:13 -0800
To: nanog@merit.edu
From: jon bennett <jcrb@yahoo.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.56.0312101536560.8724@www.bash.org>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
>If people are speeding in my neighborhood, I can not go and take down
>their pictures, personal information, license plate numbers, etc., post
>them publically, and accuse them of breaking the law (even if they did!).
Yes you can.
>That's liabel,
It is not libel, that they were speeding is a true statement.
Truth is an absolute defense against a charge of libel.
>and it is illegal (and wrong).
And what law does it violate?
as previous respondent said
"In the north-american country I happen to live in, you do not need
'authority' to express your opinions."
I suspect I live in the same country, and here you need even less (i.e.
zero) 'authority' to express that which is true.
good day
jon
