Comments on: United Airlines and the Communications Decency Act http://www.bitsbook.com/2008/09/united-airlines-and-the-communications-decency-act/ Your Life, Liberty and Happiness After the Digital Explosion Sat, 31 Jul 2010 03:55:38 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Ron Thomas http://www.bitsbook.com/2008/09/united-airlines-and-the-communications-decency-act/comment-page-1/#comment-646 Ron Thomas Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:56:48 +0000 http://www.bitsbook.com/?p=201#comment-646 I'm one of the students using this text in the current course at the Harvard Extension School and one of our assignments is to check out the accompanying blog. This blog entry resonated for a couple of reasons. Since I work at an aeronautical university, airline story always catch my eye. Plus, this morning, as I was getting ready for work I was reviewing last night's DVR captures, which included MSNBC's replay of 9/11 "As It Happened." My mother, who's visiting, passed through the living room, and gasped "What happened now?" so I had to explain. So, basically, just as truth is an absolute defense in libel, is "I only passed it along" an absolute defense in rumor-mongering? Who needs opposition research when a chain letter will do? I’m one of the students using this text in the current course at the Harvard Extension School and one of our assignments is to check out the accompanying blog. This blog entry resonated for a couple of reasons. Since I work at an aeronautical university, airline story always catch my eye.

Plus, this morning, as I was getting ready for work I was reviewing last night’s DVR captures, which included MSNBC’s replay of 9/11 “As It Happened.” My mother, who’s visiting, passed through the living room, and gasped “What happened now?” so I had to explain.

So, basically, just as truth is an absolute defense in libel, is “I only passed it along” an absolute defense in rumor-mongering? Who needs opposition research when a chain letter will do?

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