Does USENET only exist in Canada and the US? So let's deal with all the
facts.
> Canada has it's Charter of Rights and Freedoms guaranteeing our
> right to
> freedom of speech, association, etc., just as every civilized nation
> does. On top of that you have United Nations resolutions<?> to that
> same effect.
The UN also expects the US to pay its dues. The UN has virtually no
power.
> What does slander have to do with anything?
There's a phrase in the UK: ``The greater the truth, the greater the
libel.'' This is because (IIRC) libel laws in the UK have everything to
do with defamation, and nothing to do with false or misleading
statements.
|Andrew A. Gill |I posted to Silent-Tristero and|
|<fruadman_trumpet_fanfare1@juno.com> |all I got was this stupid sig! |
|alt.tv.simpsons CBG-FAQ author | |
| (Report all obscene mail to Le Maitre Pots)|
|<http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/7399> Temporary sig:
Of course, it's a perfectly cynical statement in the US
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