Posted by Lou Pilder on August 19, 2003, at 20:42:27
In reply to Re: A short introduction on defamation-SHM, posted by Dinah on August 19, 2003, at 20:33:46
Dinah,
The post in question is about that those types of statements are defamation {if they are false}.
For ind]satance,if someone wrote into a newspaper that such cnd such has aids, and does not, it is defamatory.
Now there is a nother principle that renders a statement defamatory [even if it is true]. These are statement s that are cruel and made with malice such as ,"He is a bi-polar" or she has AIDS. Even if the person suffers from schizophrania, if the statement is made to hurt and is made with malice, it is defamatory.
Lou
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