[Shasown]

Originally Posted by Snowball

Strangely enough though: forums run and run on far more serious topics with opinions from every section of society: without massive clousure day in day out. Wonder why that might be. BTW: given the type of medium we are using: it wouldn't be slander - it would be libel given that it is in written form.

Defamation could also be referred to if you were so inclined.

My opinions on the yob remain. As do my opinion on the Big Man.

There have been a few cases where posts on the internet resulted in High Court decisions as to whether they are to be classed as Libel or slander, the rulings were they are both, because of the transitory nature of internet databases.

That is posts can be deleted both by the originating user and also by the staff/admin of the site. They can also be cut and posted elsewhere on the internet very quickly.

Comment was made in one judges ruling that modern software also allowed the written word to be spoken. Though I am not sure if that comment was set into the precedent.

And if you couldnt tell that the warning was a tongue in cheek comment, bearing in mind Sam and his dads speed to talk about claiming compensation etc, totally disregarding the part the lad played in the scenario, then you really do need to see about sorting out your sense of priorities.