Re: Libel/slander (Was: Re: South Creek Nursery Palmyra NY 14522)

Hi

        I do not agree with the statement that all negative comments regarding
nurseries should be made privately, as most of us are looking for quality
sources and trying to avoid the unsatisfactory ones. Perhaps the solution
would be for persons to simply describe the facts of their experience(s)
with the nursery(ies) and let the readers draw their own conclusions.
Making global judgmental comments might be libel, but simply describing
one's own experiences  would just be reporting facts, even if they are
unpleasant ones. What do you lawyers think?

Carolyn Q. Bryson
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At 06:19 PM 01/10/2000 EST, you wrote:
><<How many lawyers does it take to plant a hosta??
>
>Bite Me,
>George Mannoe.>>
>
>George, Just because I'm a lawyer doesn't mean I like lawyers. In fact,
>lawyers are my *least* favorite people. But that doesn't mean I'm going to
>get on a discussion group and name for the readers all of the many lawyers
>that I think are unethical, proven liars, scoundrels, cheats, incapable of
>delivering competent service [read "viable plants" in our discussion], etc.
>
>We had this same discussion on Aroid-L, and the concensus of opinion was that
>all opinions about nurseries should be exchanged privately.
>
>Jeanne
>
>
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