Author: odell hall
Date: 17:57:08 03/25/99
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On March 24, 1999 at 21:32:37, Lanny DiBartolomeo wrote: >On March 24, 1999 at 15:42:15, odell hall wrote: > >> >>On March 24, 1999 at 14:45:52, Dann Corbit wrote: >> >>>On March 24, 1999 at 13:59:06, KarinsDad wrote: >>>[snip] >>>>Everyone is entitled to their opinon. Nobody is debating that. Nobody is saying >>>>that there was anything wrong with the "initial post". >>>> >>>>The problem comes down to two small words: "is a" >>>> >>>>x is a cheat >>>>y is a liar >>>>z is a bad person >>>> >>>>This is slander. It is irrelevant that the x, y, or z, is depicting a handle as >>>>opposed to a real name. If x is called a cheat here and on other forums, that >>>>will be picked up at the chess servers where people will do tells of the nature >>>>"x is a cheat, why is he here on the abc chess server?", and even more malicious >>>>problems will occur. >>>> >>>>I won't even go into how much freedom to abuse our media has due to their high >>>>priced lawyers. >>>> >>>>As long as there are people, there will be people pointing fingers at others. >>>>When I signed up for this forum, I thought I was going somewhere where the >>>>finger pointing would be minimized (due to the signup agreement). >>>Slander implies two additional things: >>> * Intent to harm (having ill will towards the one slandered) >>> * The charges are not true. >>> >>>For instance, I may say "Adolf Hitler was a murderous butcher." >>>Even if he were alive, it would not be slander. The charges are true. >>> >>>Suppose someone Karinsdad respects tells Karinsdad that Dann Corbit is a lying >>>sack of fetid excrement. If Karinsdad repeats that charge, it is not slander, >>>because he has no intent to harm, he is only repeating what he has heard and >>>believed to be truthful. >>> >>>On the other hand, I agree 100% that this forum should never be used for >>>personal attacks. It detracts from the purpose and never has any good >>>consequences. >>> >>>There is always news:alt.flame for people who want to vent. >> >> >>Hi Dann >> >> >> The definition of slander that I found is "A false Statement or statements >>intended to injure someone's reputation or well being". First of all no one has >>even remotely proven that I 1. Made a false statement 2. Had any intent of >>harming anyone's reputation. If I was out to hurt this person, I would have >>given his real name. Although I doubt that would really hurt him, or even >>injure. No one knows this person from adam, and they know his alias even less. >>It is no less them rediculous for anyone to even continue with this nonsense. >>My motivation in Posting the orignal article, was the same as if I had posting >>an interesting chess Problem. Simple curiosity!! However once I found my >>suspicions were confirmed, I felt no hesitation, in revealing that person's >>handle. I would do the same thing again. And if this forum cannot accept that, >>then perhaps this is the wrong forum for me. But I have recieved no rebuke from >>any moderator here. There are two indivisual in this forum, that continue to >>condemn me, although what the motivation is for this behavior I have no clue. > >Hey Odell,:))!! >You seem to be handling the heat pretty well!:)) I am glad you didnt name a >mugger on this forum or you'd have ended up hung!! HAHAHAHAhA!!! >all joking aside you named a handle of someone who has mostlikely cheated >you took out the name from the top of the game so to protect his alias then you >gathered an overwhelming(in my opinion)amount of evidence to basically know for >sure he cheated and now you have 2people who are offended by the acussation >well your not here to please everyone and i liked this post it was very >informative in a way to figure out with good percentage if someone is cheating >or not. > Thanks, > Lanny There is Intelligence in the Universe!!
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