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- From: kadie@herodotus.cs.uiuc.edu (Carl M. Kadie)
- Newsgroups: alt.comp.acad-freedom.talk,alt.censorship
- Subject: Re: freedom of speech
- Message-ID: <1992Aug12.173436.17652@m.cs.uiuc.edu>
- Date: 12 Aug 92 17:34:36 GMT
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- Organization: University of Illinois, Dept. of Comp. Sci., Urbana, IL
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- rramji4@mamut.wlu.ca (ruby ramji u) writes:
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- [...]
- >i was wondering, if we strive for freedom of speech
- >where do issues such as libel and slander fall?
- >i mean, are they are different issue, or is there
- >a line drawn when freedom of speech actually harms
- >someone?
- [...]
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- When the harm to other's rights is clear and present and when more
- speech won't work, then compensation or punishment can be justified.
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- Examples: Falsely yelling fire and causing a panic.
- Spreading lies about someone that damages their
- reputation.
- Calling someone on the phone day after day after they
- tell you to stop.
-
- - Carl
- --
- Carl Kadie -- kadie@cs.uiuc.edu -- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
-