On Tuesday, February 5, 2002 at 12:49:34 PM UTC-6, Mick Tully wrote:   
   > Dick Silk wrote in message   
   > news:20020205122924.11764.00001119@mb-mo.aol.com...   
   > > In article , "Mick   
   > Tully"   
   > > writes:   
   > >   
   > > >> Do you have "freedom of speech"?   
   > > >> Freedom of the Press?   
   > > >   
   > > >Yes to both, though limited by libel and slander laws.   
   > > >   
   > >   
   > > so you're free to say what you want, but be prepared to suffer the   
   > > consequences.   
   > > and the Crown cannot "order" you to stay silent?   
   >    
   > No, Dick. (Glad I added the comma... -)   
   >    
   > Nothing can stop one saying or writing anything. However if it is untrue   
   > and harms somebody else they are entitled to make a claim for damages.   
   >    
   > One exception is that of a Member of Parliament who can use "Parliamentary   
   > Privilege" to bring to light certain information which maybe in the public   
   > interest, without fear of court action.   
   >    
   > Statements made before a court of law are similarly protected.   
   >    
   > Cheers,   
   > Mick   
      
   My, how the times have changed! Why do we not see British theologians   
   blasting the news cycles in Britain over how FALSE the ideology Islamic belief   
   structures are? 1 AND 0 is STILL FALSE even today, as always!   
      
   YAY BREXIT! √√√ !!! :-)   
      
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    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   
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