On 9/15/07, Peter William Lount <peter at smalltalk.org> wrote:
>
> Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
> >>>>>> "Peter" == Peter William Lount <peter at 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 at 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.

So I'm thinking he isn't the one that damaged your reputation.
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