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Re: Terms and Conditions Question
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Date: 
Tue, 4 May 1999 23:26:19 GMT
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James Brown wrote:
no, but it could be considered defamatory.  Also, another portion of that
clause covers it quite nicely:

Well doesn't any flame-war have defamatory posts?  Especially in
off-topic-debate

"...including without limitation any transmissions constituting or encouraging
conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil
liability, or otherwise violate any local, state, national, or international
law."
The phrase above could quite happily give rise to civil liability, and odds
are it violates some law, somewhere.  (probably in California)(1)

OK, but some countries don't have the right to free speech so we can't
post at all.  I don't think that laws can affect someone's personal
point of view and their right to say it - that's going against civil
liberties isn't it?

Essentially, I think that Todd & Suzanne have been ambiguous enough to cover
all their bases, from a legal point of view.  Besides, when push comes to
shove, this is a private organization, and if racism/sexism/otherism becomes a
problem, they can change the rules to account for it.

Well it's not sexism - after all "ill people want to get well they just
don't know it" - now how is 'defamatory' ?

James
http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/
1:Wait!  Was that defamatory?  My apologies to the state(2) of California.

You've broken some by-law somewhere like Macau.

2:Take that however you will.(3)
3:D'oh! There I go again.

Oh no!  Not the footnotes - there should be something in the Terms and
Conditions about them.

--
Carbon 60
ICQ # 5643170



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<cross-posted to off-topic.debate> (...) Yup, they do. (...) encouraging (...) Laws don't affect our right to say things. Laws enforce the consequences of our having said them. (...) By using the term 'ill', you are implying that there is something (...) (26 years ago, 5-May-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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(...) no, but it could be considered defamatory. Also, another portion of that clause covers it quite nicely: "...including without limitation any transmissions constituting or encouraging conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise (...) (26 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.admin.general)

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