Re: kathLOON DickINSANE

From: eugeneshapiroisapig (mockingbirdstl_at_aol.com)
Date: 03/28/05 

Date: 28 Mar 2005 13:39:15 -0800

you're right, I haven't researched this issue very much. I depend on
guidance from a friend who is a newspaper editor. I'm not worried about
my screenname at all.
      In fact, most of the LD personalities have injected themselves
into a public debate by publishing opinions, making speeches some of
which could be considered defamatory toward LD patients, hiring PR
firms, giving newspaper and television interviews, testifying to
government entities, participating in government processes such as
grant review, etc.
     I'm pretty sure that in a suit of this nature the burden lies on
the defendant to prove the accuracy of a statement, not on the
plaintiff to prove the inaccuracy.
     On the internet, confusing jurisdictional issues arise because the
internet is not a "place" per se. Did the libel occur in colorado, or
in florida??? The distinction is important because laws differ unless
you are in federal court.