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Re: [OM] Freedom of Speech (No OM Content)

Subject: Re: [OM] Freedom of Speech (No OM Content)
From: Kennedy <rkm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1998 13:00:39 +0100
In article , Kennedy <rkm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes

>However if I made exactly the same statements about Tony
>Blair I would fall foul of the libel laws and open myself to
>prosecution, requiring me to prove beyond reasonable doubt that my
>statement was justified.

Damn posted before reading it back!
For a libel case you only need to prove things on 'the balance of
probability' not 'beyond reasonable doubt' - as is the case with most
civil cases.
-- 
Kennedy
Yes, Socrates himself is particularly missed;
A lovely little thinker, but a bugger when he's pissed.
Python Philosophers         (replace 'nospam' with 'kennedym' when replying)

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