At 17:14 -0600 on 3/20/01, Jim Choate wrote:
Which raises an interesting point, 'defemation' is presented as a 'crime' yet it is managed in a 'civil' case, thus denying critical civil liberties to the person being acted against.
How is it presented as a crime? 1. You can't go to jail for it. 2. The government won't prosecute you for it. Doesn't sound like a crime to me... -- "As nightfall does not come at once, neither does oppression. In both instances, there is a twilight when everything remains seemingly unchanged. And it is in such twilight that we all must be most aware of change in the air--however slight--lest we become unwitting victims of the darkness." -- Justice William O. Douglas ____________________________________________________________________ Kevin "The Cubbie" Elliott <mailto:kelliott@mac.com> ICQ#23758827