That's exactly right Replica. You might also want to take a peek at this too:
Quoteing chuck: "you *** *** ****er who bones cats!"
WHAT IS "DEFAMATION"?
Defamation, sometimes called "defamation of character", is spoken or
written words that falsely and negatively reflect on a living person's reputation.
If a person or the news media says or writes something about you that is understood to lower your reputation, or that keeps people from associating with you, defamation has occurred. Slander and libel are two forms of defamation.
WHAT IS "LIBEL"?
Libel is a written defamation.
CAN I SUE SOMEONE WHO SAYS OR WRITES SOMETHING DEFAMATORY ABOUT ME?
In order to prove defamation, you have to be able to prove that what was said or written about you was false. If the information is true, or if you consented to publication of the material, you will not have a case. However, you may bring an defamatory action if the comments are so reprehensible and false that they effect your reputation in the community or cast aspersions on you.
* I do believe he can prove that what you said is false, and I do believe that what you said can effect his reputation in this community.
ARE LAWS REGARDING DEFAMATION APPLICABLE TO E-MAIL AND OTHER ON-LINE ACTIVITIES?
Absolutely! If a person commits libel (false and unprivileged publication or assertion of a fact, which exposes any person to hatred, contempt, ridicule, or which causes him/her to be shunned or avoided, or which has a tendency to injure him/her in his/her trade or occupation) against you through e-mail or other on-line activities, the publisher, and any re-publisher, of the offensive statement can be held accountable for damages
In conclusion, you follow suit under the conditions. My suggestion, leave, and never come back.
http://injury-law.freeadvice.com/libel_and_slander/------------------
br8bbit
This could be the end of the world.
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