Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/3/84; site mhuxr.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mfs From: mfs@mhuxr.UUCP (SIMON) Newsgroups: net.books,net.women Subject: Re: On Free Speech Message-ID: <203@mhuxr.UUCP> Date: Wed, 16-Jan-85 18:02:09 EST Article-I.D.: mhuxr.203 Posted: Wed Jan 16 18:02:09 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 17-Jan-85 13:01:34 EST References: <259@hocsp.UUCP> <405@houxb.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill Lines: 14 Xref: watmath net.books:1231 net.women:4105 > On free speech, First Amendment: > > The argument was made that there really is no right to > free speech since one can be sued for damages because > of libel and slander. > > Herman Silbiger Libel laws exist because "your freedom ends where my freedom begins" You cannot print that I am a thief if that is untrue because you are then infringing on my civil rights (by defaming my reputation) and on my right to privacy Marcel Simon