Posted by SLS on October 22, 2004, at 8:50:15
In reply to Re: A civil venue for accusations, posted by Mary_Bowers on October 21, 2004, at 13:45:38
> Persistent offerings of opinions by a psychiatrist deliniating what is civil and what is not civil can be viewed as medical opinions about appropriate behavior.
Again, this is an assumption being made by the individual for which there are no stated prescriptions of medical practice anywhere on the site.
> If a licensed plumber called people uncivil for posting information that conflicts with the opinion of the plumber, he could potentially face action by other plumbers whose opinions he has called people uncivil for embracing.
Can you cite a precedent for this in law? I don't think so.
> Civility, from the perspective of a doctor, implies behavioral and character standards.
Again, this would be an assumption made on the part of the individual for which the individual is solely responsible. Dr. Hsiung is acting as a moderator of his site, nothing more.
> From a medical regulatory standpoint, questions might arise over his failure to recognize as an artifact of his experience repeated misunderstandings among those he says have not been civil.
Again, Dr. Hsiung is not practicing medicine. I doubt his behavior here could possibly fall under the perview of a medical regulatory agency. Whether or not his behavior is liable for civil action is a point of law for which you might want to provide precedents.
> I don't think we will find any other places on the Internet, certainly not at medically oriented sites operated by medical professionals, where a mental health practitioner persistently identifies writings of invited guests as not civil.
The uniqueness of any site on the Internet is irrelevant to the issues you are proclaiming as actionable.
> In case anyone is mulling over the related question, criticisms posted here of Robert Hsiungs practices are not liable to be seen as actionable libel because this is a context in which Hsiung has invited review of his administrative practice.
Where do you get this stuff from? There can't possibly be any such limit to libel in law. Can you cite any precedent for this? If not, you should not make such statements as if they were points of law.
I think you might be investing your time in an endeavor for which you have little chance of succeeding. I am counting on your not knowing anything about which you speak.
- Scott
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