[tiltboy]

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Let me see if I have this straight. Calling someone an admitted con artist is mild and minor and is protected by free speech. I am here voluntarily so asking that libelous statements about me posted on this board be removed is just my way of expecting everyone to adjust to my view of the world. Spam is a bigger problem than defamation. Yours is a funny world barto, that I think I want no part of.



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Damages is a required element of defamation. Aside from the fact it is doubtful even one person believed the accusation that you are an admitted con artist, nobody knows who "you" are anyway.

P.S. Yes, it is not nice to be called an admitted con artist or the artist formally known as con; on that we agree.

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You are correct. I'm not a lawyer so I did a quick study on written defamantion (libel) and found the four cornerstones: the false written statement, publication, malice, and damages. Three out of four isn't bad though. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

You are slightly in error however in that there are a number of posters of this forum who know exactly who I am and where I live. I know this about them too.

Perhaps I am being too sensitive about this but if I just let it go and do nothing I feel the trouble makers have won somehow. I think perhaps a hiatus from 2+2 is in order until I can decide whether this is the kind of place where I want to be an active participant. I appreciate your position and that of el barto on Mat and perhaps upon reflection I'll come to agree with it.