In message <ukugiD96w165w@bwalk.dm.com>, Dr. Dimitri Vulis wrote:
Bruce Murphy <packrat@ratbox.rattus.uwa.edu.au> writes:
I was under the impression that you couldn't libel/slander a dead person. Mainly because libel/slander is a offence against reputation which dead people don't care much for, but also because once you go against this principle where in hell (no pun intended) do you draw the line.
Where it's convenient to the state. Reportedly in Germany you can easily slander dead people, their estates, their descendants, and other members of their ethnic group.
Well... how about pets then? Hitler had a pathetic goldfish! Damn germans. I guess that they really haven't changed a hell of a lot over the past few decades. No wonder that every other European race (pretty much) sterotypes them. Personally I have quite a bit of confidence that my government isn't going to worry about encryption stuff until technology passes them by. I am not at all unhappy about this. -- Packrat (BSc/BE;COSO;Wombat Admin) Nihil illegitemi carborvndvm.