Monday, November 3, 2008

Ignore, Make Light Or Sue?

There really is a such thing as libel, a written form of slander.

If a poster falsely says to the world "this real person, so-and-so, has been unfaithful in marriage", if that's not libel, I don't know what is.

ANY moderator should remove a libelous post and follow whatever consequences have been established for the offender.

Still, I would hope most normal, average people will simply see such posts for what they are: garbage from posters whose minds contain a lot of it.

As I said only a post-or-so ago, I'd make light of it. I remember hearing the advice to "ignore" AND also that "life is too short". Just dismiss those attempts of incitement as being from little bugs who scurry out of sight when they hear you coming or when the room lights go on.

Or perhaps with a tad more compassion: as coming from people who are truly under the influence of misery.

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