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Ivan.Schaffel@snet.net wrote:

>>Tom you completely missed my point. It's a great service to others to
>>warn about bad experiences with companies and it's one of the purposes of
>>the misc.consumers newsgroup, BUT read again the statement Adam made that
>>I quoted. He directly accuses that company of criminal conduct: "Comp
>>America is a mail-order company that makes money by sending out broken
>>computer systems." It maybe true or not, but unless he can prove it with
>>more than one fact it is dangerous to make such statements.
>
>Correction please. TRUTH is an absolute defense to slander and libel. He
>needs no more than ONE FACT to sustain his position. In addition, you
>assume a fact not in issue. I read his original post. He accuses them of
>selling shoddy merchandise. You CANNOT ASSume from that statement that he
>is accusing them of criminal conduct as that is the province of a jury.
>You made a giant leap which cannot be sustained. The ONLY thing that he
>needs to do to successfuly defend a slander suit is to prove that they
>sent out "a broken computer system". 

You sound like you think you're a lawyer, but  besides fancy jargon
your post is a load of crap. The poster made a statement:  "Comp
America is a mail-order company that makes money by sending out broken
computer systems." It reads that the company SYSTEMATICALLY makes
money by selling broken computers (see the plural there?). I suggest
improving your reading skills before taking your Bar exam.
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