In article <[log in to unmask]>, Chris Derrett
<[log in to unmask]> writes
>Ahmad wrote
>
>> You have the right to disagree with anything the BHIA or anybody else
>> says. This does not mean that you mis-represent the activities of the BHIA,
>> nor should you publicly engage in what the BHIA might regard as slander.
>>
>> I request that you make an apology on this list.
>
>Ok so he misunderstood
>Ok so he is puting forward a point of view that you (and I) regard as
>being extraterrestrial
>But surely slander is a bit over the top.
>Why is this debate generateing such intense heat I wonder??
libel .. in fact, rather than slander surely?
.. and perhaps that is the point. The Internet is such an immediate and
widespread form of broadcasting, that "misunderstandings" come across
often as blatent disregard for the facts. It somehow seems much more
aggressive in print. A case for re-reading the next morning before
posting?
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Chris Pearson
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