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Bob Ward (bobward@gte.net) wrote:
: On Sun, 14 Sep 97 14:18:57 -0400, 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". 


: No, he must prove that they MAKE MONEY by sending out broken computer
: systems.

Well, they made $250 (plus shipping & handling) from HIM.

I believe that covers all the points of the statement he made
that everyone is arguing about.

Robert Wallace
robertw@netcom.com