Joseph, Intentional means: the act of doing it on purpose or deliberately or
planned.
So before you disagree, you need to rethink it. Lets assume a Newspaper
receives a tip , that a certain high profile citizen committed a very
serious crime. (however the report was false) and they ran the story without
verifying it. This citizen is fired from his job and ex-communicated from
the city.
Was the newspapers act intentional, perhaps not, but it was a deliberate
act. Deliberate means to carefully way. Well I thought my source was
reliable and that is why I printed the story. Sorry, doesn't cut it. Your
liable!
Is this a camera club site or Basic Law 101? How did we get on this subject
anyway?
Sam...
-----Original Message-----
From: Joseph <joseph@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tuesday, February 08, 2000 6:42 PM
Subject: [OM] slander
>=========================
>I disagree with your remarks. Slander is when you intentionally
>misrepresent a fact known to be false with the intent to cause harm to
one's
>reputation and that harm is irreparable , in as so much that the individual
>suffers a financial loss.
>=========================
>
>I don't think the misrepresentation or harm has to be intentional nor does.
>If someone tells you something that is false, but you believe it
>and repeat it to others, harming someone in the process, you
>potentially could be liable for slander.
>
>More to the point, if this ebay seller has feedback describing some
>of the problems, and bidders choose to ignore that feedback, there's
>really little point in getting involved in the transaction.
>
>Joseph
>
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