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Re: Yet another Sydney derailment
- Subject: Re: Yet another Sydney derailment
- From: "Dave Proctor" <thadocta@spambait.dingoblue.net.au>
- Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2000 15:42:18 +1100
- Approved: thadocta@spambait.dingoblue.net.au
- Newsgroups: aus.rail,misc.transport.rail.australia-nz
- Organization: Optus Internet
- References: <h9nl7s4pnp7fq8ipp7john73q1j3druhe2@4ax.com> <85f1jd$2ufs$1@otis.netspace.net.au> <387B2C8E.CD7B5251@where.com> <85gffm$5ce$1@lios.apana.org.au> <85is05$809$1@news1.mpx.com.au> <85n4d6$iue$1@lios.apana.org.au> <85o0la$8vj$2@news1.mpx.com.au> <3881c44b@pink.one.net.au>
Nobody wrote in message <3881c44b@pink.one.net.au>...
>Not necessarily. Saying something you shouldnt have said can be illegal in
>most cases. In this case, if the affected person found out about the
>defamation, he could contact police, who would then trace the server of
the
>poster and charge him with libel (printing or recording a defamatory
>article). Particularly if it harms him.
ROFL - police charge with libel? Ok, if you say so.
The police are only interested in crimes. Libel is tortious (tort = civil
wrong) and the policeprobably could not give a rats backside about it.
Dave