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Re: Yet another Sydney derailment



They  (the cops) would take action  if it affected them. To find out email them
defamatory messages.

Let me know how you go..


Brendan wrote:

> Whoops.
>
> Dave Proctor <thadocta@spambait.dingoblue.net.au> wrote in article
> <870fla$srk$1@news1.mpx.com.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
> >
> >
> >