From: Toto <toto@sk.sympatico.ca>
Date: Sat, 1 Feb 1997 08:26:07 -0800 (PST)
To: "Mark M." <markm@voicenet.com>
Subject: Re: Libel & the 1st Amendment
Message-ID: <199702011626.IAA20188@toad.com>
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Mark M. wrote:
 
> If the legal concept of libel is abandoned, this presumption will largely
> disappear.  People will have to rely on the credibility of the source, instead
> of whether or not the victim of libel has sued.

  God forbid that people should have to use their judgement and their
brains, rather than their overly charged emotions.

Toto