Stop the presses -- Anti-terrorism bill not that bad
Sandy Sandfort
sandfort at crl.com
Tue Aug 6 20:26:20 PDT 1996
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SANDY SANDFORT
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C'punks,
On Tue, 6 Aug 1996, Hallam-Baker wrote:
> ...unless Alan withdraws his allegations I will bring proceedings
> against him for libel. While I accept his right to free speech I do
> not accept that he has a right to attempt to restrict mine with his
> threats of deportation.
One of the ways UK and US laws differ is in regard to defamation.
In the US, truth is a defense. In the UK it is not. Phill may
have a tough time prevailing with such a suit.
S a n d y
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