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madkiller said:
Gerinako said:
For those that believe you can say anything you want without action think again. a.k.a 'Freedom of Speech'

There's been quite a few cases recently in England resulting in court cases due to comments made on internet forums, some trivial admittedly. But it's happened.

First off, I don't live in Europe, I live in the United States. Secondly, you cannot get into trouble for calling someone a retard in this country buddy. If you could, everyone here would be in trouble for talking about President Bush, let alone random people on the internet.


Same things are said in Europe too to be honest....

I wasn't having a go at you either, just I've been on a forum where recent action has been seen against 7 forum posters.

It's generally accepted that the word retard or creep say among others is a Hyperbole, and although not meant to be taken literally it sometimes is. Though no successful defamation action has arised from saying such words. So you're safe there - it's just not very nice

Often though if you're posting about a high ranking company official, you may find they try to bully you with legal action into making a 'public apology'