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)
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