On Internet and social responsibility (fwd)

[Reese]

At 01:37 AM 9/20/2001 -0500, Jim Choate wrote:
 >On Wed, 19 Sep 2001, Bill Stewart wrote:
 >
 >> [Imagine at this point, a .WAV file saying
 >>          "Choate's mother was a hamster and his father
 >>          smells of elderberries."
 >> and that this mail is sent to the list and not just to you.]
 >>
 >> Slander is speech.
 >
 >Slander is harming another. The fact that speech is involved is irrelevant
 >to the fact you're causing measurable harm to another. Simply because you
 >use speech as some component, and speech is protected, doesn't mean the
 >larger process should inherit the protection.

Huh?  How is quoting a well-known taunt from a skit by Monty Python harming
anyone?

Is humor dead in Texas?

 >I realize this is confusing, but keep practicing. You won't have as hard
 >a time as you did with sex, I promise.

With you as judge, I'll take a paper trip.

Reese