On Sat, 22 Apr 2006 14:47:56 -0400, you wrote:
The problem with libelous crap is not that, prior to Siegenthaler, we allowed it. It is that prior to Siegenthaler and continuing to the present, we have been insufficiently skilled at catching it and fixing it. We know and have always known what libelous crap looks like. We do not need to try to make a definition of verifiability that a trained monkey could follow - especially not when that definition is wrong.
I mostly agree. We apply insufficient scepticism to critical comments about some subjects - if it's fashionable to knock them, criticisms get an easy ride. Guy (JzG)