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- From: keegan@pan.crd.ge.com (James G Keegan Jr)
- Newsgroups: talk.abortion
- Subject: Re: An argument for better sex ed
- Message-ID: <1993Jan9.232413.8154@crd.ge.com>
- Date: 9 Jan 93 23:24:13 GMT
- References: <1993Jan8.200358.1316@ncsu.edu> <1993Jan8.215745.19274@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> <1993Jan8.221756.6725@ncsu.edu>
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- dsholtsi@csl36h.csl.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger) writes:
- -> mcochran@nyx.cs.du.edu (Mark A. Cochran) writes:
- -> >dsholtsi@csl36h.csl.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger) writes:
- -> >>mcochran@nyx.cs.du.edu (Mark A. Cochran) writes:
- -> >>> She is now claiming that Ms. Garvin is a lesbian.
- -> >>>
- -> >>> Now, I don't know if this is true, since (contrary to what
- -> >>> PHoney claims) I don't know Ms. Garvin at all, except from her posts
- -> >>> here. But if it's not, I'd say we've got a fine case of libel going on
- -> >>> here...
- ->
- -> >> What do you find libelous about falsely labeling someone as being
- -> >> a lesbian? Do you believe there's something wrong with someone
- -> >> who's a lesbian, Cochran?
- ->
- -> > Here's a definition for you:
- -> > A written or oral defamatory statement or reprensentation that conveys
- -> > an unjust or unfavorable impression.
- -> >
- -> > I have no problem with homosexuality in any of it's various forms
- -> > [Mr. Holtsinger], but society often does. Given that, making false
- -> > accusations about ones sexuality may easily be seen as libel.
- ->
- -> So you were helping to perpetuate the bigoted notion that
- -> homosexuality carries an unfavorable impression.
-
- that's not how i read it. it appears to me that
- you're simply misrepresenting the facts again.
-