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On 11/01/2024 12:23 AM, Thomas Heger wrote:
> Am Donnerstag000031, 31.10.2024 um 14:15 schrieb gharnagel:
>> On Thu, 31 Oct 2024 7:16:45 +0000, Maciej Wozniak wrote:
>>>
>>> W dniu 31.10.2024 o 01:00, gharnagel pisze:
>>> >
>>> > On Wed, 30 Oct 2024 15:24:29 +0000, Maciej Wozniak wrote:
>>> > >
>>> > > Just a slander there.
>>> >
>>> > "You keep using that word, I do not think it means what
>>> > you think It means” -- Inigo Montoya, The Princess Bride
>>>
>>> I think it means
>>> https://dictionary.cambridge.org/pl/dictionary/english-polish/
>>> slander#google_vignette
>>> the crime of saying bad things about someone that are not true
>>
>> Nobody cares what a sloppy Polish dictionary says.  I gave a
>> link to a LEGAL definition, which Devious Wozniak failed to
>> include in his fake response.  It is restored here to cover
>> Wozniak's baloney with truth:
>>
>> https://legaldictionary.net/slander/
>>
>> "Slander is a legal term that refers to a false, ORAL
>> statement about an individual that harms his reputation
>> or standing within the community."
>
>
> The anglo-american 'Common law' is total crap.
>
> But here we have to stress on the intentions of the 'slanderer', because
> in the part of the law, which is dealing with crimes, it is important,
> that the perpetraitor has or should have knowledge about doing something
> wrong.
>
> This requires at least, that the offender does know, that his statements
> were wrong and that he used false accusations, to harm somebody.
>
> But 'common low' does not 'think' this way.
>
> It is therefore irrelevant in that system, whether the perpetraitor
> knows whether or not that statement was false.
>
> Instead the important part is 'harm his reputation...'.
>
> If I would, for instance, accuse a bank robber of robbing a bank, this
> would certainly harm his reputation.
>
> But it is not 'slander', because the statement was not false.
>
> But even if it were false and I would believe, it would be true, it
> wouldn't be slander.
>
> It would be 'false accusation', what is also illegal, but not 'slander'.
>
> ...
>
>
> TH

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