On 9/15/07, Peter William Lount <peter@smalltalk.org> wrote:
Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
>>>>>> "Peter" == Peter William Lount <peter@smalltalk.org> writes:
There are also other laws other than copyright to consider. In British
Columbia, where I am located, a party to a conversation may make it
public if it's in defense of their person as my posting clearly was. End
of story.
...
Also I didn't retaliate with any personal attack. I simply stated the
facts of what was said and asked the person to stop their attacks, which
seems to have occurred as the subsequent email-posting exchange shows.
Furthermore, out of a desire to have positive conversions subsequently
follow, I provided suggestions of how to ask appropriate questions
rather than initiate ad hominem attacks.
I suppose that you support ad hominem attacks upon the person even if
they are sent privately to attempt to influence, "bully" or "inflame"
someone's behavior in a negative way with false accusations?
How would you have handled it in a way that would positively influence
the person's initiating the ad hominem person attack?
All the best,
Peter William Lount
peter@smalltalk.org
How is telling someone in private that they are being trollish, an ad hominem?
How to handle this in a bad way? Let me think.
How about try and make them lose face publicly? Expose their private email, and add some 'facts.'
Tell them they have to follow some of the laws of your home country.
Help teach them how to ask 'appropriate questions', so I don't have to do this to them again. :))
I create new code of conduct for the group. Don't talk about X. So nobody feels suppressed.
Oh, and of course, I'm defending your free speech rights. I published your private email, didn't I?
</irony>
Some of the things that jumped out to me.
Libel:
Any false or malicious written or printed statement that __publicly__ ridicules someone or damages their reputation.