sethnintendo on 09 January 2012
| HappySqurriel said: From what I have seen in Canada, the freedom of religion and/or freedom of speech can be put at risk in favor of the false freedom from offense and/or freedom from inconvenient truths in the name of protecting minority groups. Realistically, the interests of everyone would be met in a superior fashion if they allowed/encouraged civil class action lawsuits for slander and liable. |
Sounds like a potential for a lot of bs lawsuits. I suppose what I mean is how you look at the word slander. Slander could mean very different between two people although it shouldn't. For instance something that is a little disturbing in the wikipedia page on defamation is that it states "It is usually a requirement that this claim be false". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defamation
That I find pretty damn disturbing considering it should be always false. If a statement is true then how the hell can they sue over it? Anyways, the defenition gets better explained later on the page but that part just caught my eye since I already consider some people may not be able to come to the same conclusion on the definition.
