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Unfortunately, without moderation, the religion and politics forum has degenerated into a pile of defamation.
Even this thread, outside the religion and politics forum, has been linked into the defamation occurring on that forum. Consider this posting
An interesting question and comment. Clearly senior-advisor already knew the answer. At first glance he would have you believe that he knows nothing about the religion and politics forum, but he posts there routinely. Even so, he cast this bait out in this thread, and found this willing accomplice:
Senior advisor comes back with this:
This is where defamation takes root. And it grows with this comment:
which generates this comment:
By way of background, for those who wonder what these two are happily discussing, this began regarding the position published by liberals at the Religion and Politics forum, that anyone should be allowed to marry anyone else that they want to marry. I firmly disagree. In response to that position, I posted the QUESTION: "Should a man be allowed to marry his grandson?". Note, sex had nothing to do with the question, there would be some interesting estate planning advantages if a grandson could legally become a spouse. If you don't understand the tax logic, you probably are in the wrong business.
Of course the liberals wanted to make it all about sex, which it wasn't. Like kids in a playground, it was only a matter of time before the liberals accused me of wanting to have sex with my grandson.
Hence the commentary that you see above.
This is how defamation roots and grows. It become actionable, when someone takes the defamation and tries to negatively impact a person's business, which has been done in the posts above.
It would seem that senior-advisor-indiana and goillini would like to cause my business some harm by raising the topic in this thread, and connecting my business to it.
And this is happening in a thread that Sam has visited, and apparently a thread that Sam and his moderators have no interest in moderating. In fact Sam publishes, after all the back and forth about who I am and my alleged interest in my grandson, the following:
None of this is a problem until someone posts something that is actionable, at which point litigation is likely to ensue, and then Sam will be named in the lawsuit.
It won't be a happy day for Sam.
Further, this thread contains an open admission to the fact that Sam is providing a forum for the publication of defamatory comments (in the Religion and Politics forum) and is committed to doing nothing about those comments, regardless of what is said. That will make him a party to any legal action, and there is no amount of fine print in the world that will exempt him from legal responsibility.
And whoa to those who have been given moderator responsibilities. They have accepted those responsibilities, and they too have stood aside and allowed the publication of defamation. Consider this post, earlier in this thread.
So the people responsible for providing a forum for opinion, have staked out their positions quite clearly. They REFUSE to stop any defamatory publications, and they don't even want to know what is going on.
Do you really think that's going to stand up in a court of law? The owner and moderators of this forum have all have adopted a completely indefensible legal position. They chose to provide this forum, and they have chosen to take responsibilities as moderators. That makes them responsible, PERIOD.
If it was my forum, I would take action. Failing to do so, in the view of the friendly advice provided here, deepens the hole.
And those of you who post "anonymously" will discover there is no anonymity in the face of litigation. Identities will be uncovered, and you will be responsible for your publications.
Even this thread, outside the religion and politics forum, has been linked into the defamation occurring on that forum. Consider this posting
An interesting question and comment. Clearly senior-advisor already knew the answer. At first glance he would have you believe that he knows nothing about the religion and politics forum, but he posts there routinely. Even so, he cast this bait out in this thread, and found this willing accomplice:
Senior advisor comes back with this:
This is where defamation takes root. And it grows with this comment:
which generates this comment:
By way of background, for those who wonder what these two are happily discussing, this began regarding the position published by liberals at the Religion and Politics forum, that anyone should be allowed to marry anyone else that they want to marry. I firmly disagree. In response to that position, I posted the QUESTION: "Should a man be allowed to marry his grandson?". Note, sex had nothing to do with the question, there would be some interesting estate planning advantages if a grandson could legally become a spouse. If you don't understand the tax logic, you probably are in the wrong business.
Of course the liberals wanted to make it all about sex, which it wasn't. Like kids in a playground, it was only a matter of time before the liberals accused me of wanting to have sex with my grandson.
Hence the commentary that you see above.
This is how defamation roots and grows. It become actionable, when someone takes the defamation and tries to negatively impact a person's business, which has been done in the posts above.
It would seem that senior-advisor-indiana and goillini would like to cause my business some harm by raising the topic in this thread, and connecting my business to it.
And this is happening in a thread that Sam has visited, and apparently a thread that Sam and his moderators have no interest in moderating. In fact Sam publishes, after all the back and forth about who I am and my alleged interest in my grandson, the following:
None of this is a problem until someone posts something that is actionable, at which point litigation is likely to ensue, and then Sam will be named in the lawsuit.
It won't be a happy day for Sam.
Further, this thread contains an open admission to the fact that Sam is providing a forum for the publication of defamatory comments (in the Religion and Politics forum) and is committed to doing nothing about those comments, regardless of what is said. That will make him a party to any legal action, and there is no amount of fine print in the world that will exempt him from legal responsibility.
And whoa to those who have been given moderator responsibilities. They have accepted those responsibilities, and they too have stood aside and allowed the publication of defamation. Consider this post, earlier in this thread.
So the people responsible for providing a forum for opinion, have staked out their positions quite clearly. They REFUSE to stop any defamatory publications, and they don't even want to know what is going on.
Do you really think that's going to stand up in a court of law? The owner and moderators of this forum have all have adopted a completely indefensible legal position. They chose to provide this forum, and they have chosen to take responsibilities as moderators. That makes them responsible, PERIOD.
If it was my forum, I would take action. Failing to do so, in the view of the friendly advice provided here, deepens the hole.
And those of you who post "anonymously" will discover there is no anonymity in the face of litigation. Identities will be uncovered, and you will be responsible for your publications.
