# libel

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libel/118231>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 10, 2002, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libel/118231 "2002-07-10T12:21:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![kgriffey79](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/2bfe46/32.png) [@kgriffey79](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kgriffey79)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2002, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libel/118231/1 "2002-07-10T12:21:33Z")

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li·bel Pronunciation Key (lbl)  
n.

A false publication, as in writing, print, signs, or pictures, that damages a person’s reputation.  
The act of presenting such material to the public.  
The written claims presented by a plaintiff in an action at admiralty law or to an ecclesiastical court.

Does nobody listen? Everybody jumped on me for accusing Fenris or whoever the hell it was I accused. Then the moderator doesn’t even read my post carefully. I shut down my computer? I got reported to my ISP? Didn’t you read? I said it was a friends site. And if you geniuses had read the date, you would see that this is an old post! And the very bright spooje, tells me I don’t know what liable means. Yeah, we were talking about libel, not liable.

He falsely attributed a quote to me. That is a false publication. Now whether or not it damages my reputation is up in the air, but I don’t see why you all went anal on me, when he is the one who changed my quote. Whatever…

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**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2002, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libel/118231/2 "2002-07-10T12:25:53Z")

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_sigh_

[Link](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=48702).

It was a misguided thread, it got shut down. Complaints go in the pit.

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**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2002, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libel/118231/3 "2002-07-10T12:28:12Z")

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1. No libellous statements were made.

2. You would be hard-pressed to claim you had a reputation to damage.

3. Humour and satire are generally regarded as potential defences anyway.

4. There’s no question here.

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**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2002, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libel/118231/4 "2002-07-10T12:29:31Z")

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Apologies. I misread the search page and thought this was in GQ. Ignore point (4) above.

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**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2002, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libel/118231/5 "2002-07-10T12:31:43Z")

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I already moved the other, identical thread to the Pit, so this one’s closed.