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Ian H

Ian H

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matticus said:
Yup.

Words can have common usage meanings in additional to some technical/legal meaning. (The latter are usually more specific, but rarely more "correct").
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On the other hand, it might be libellous or slanderous to call someone a criminal if you can't prove that they are.
I suppose you're safe enough if they're dead.
 
matticus

matticus

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Ian H said:
On the other hand, it might be libellous or slanderous to call someone a criminal if you can't prove that they are.
I suppose you're safe enough if they're dead.
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We're not writing for national newspapers here. A statement based on Occam's Razor is good enough for me within these walls.
Who is being slandered or libelled here:
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I think the meaning of "criminal" is clear; unless someone with an axe to grind chooses to attempt nit-picking.
 
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Ian H

Ian H

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matticus said:
We're not writing for national newspapers here. A statement based on Occam's Razor is good enough for me within these walls.
Who is being slandered or libelled here:
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I think the meaning of "criminal" is clear; unless someone with an axe to grind chooses to attempt nit-picking.
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I was merely making a general point. But everything typed here is public.
 
slowmotion

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Does anybody know what Ruby The Heart Stealer is up to these days? She was last seen accompanying an aged businessman to a ball in Switzerland, I think.
 
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Ian H said:
On the other hand, it might be libellous or slanderous to call someone a criminal if you can't prove that they are.
I suppose you're safe enough if they're dead.
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Are you for real?

OK then, if you saw someone throw a brick through a shop window, climb in and take a TV for example would you call them a criminal?
 
matticus

matticus

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shep said:
Are you for real?

OK then, if you saw someone throw a brick through a shop window, climb in and take a TV for example would you call them a criminal?
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it might be their own shop!
 
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