Yet again... she continues to focus on "therapists"... why??? Well I think that is obvious. Anyway... before I read her most recent "verbal diahrea"... the words to follow were to be my post: (Something to think about Granny Jo!)...

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Libel & Defamation in the Information Age
By Eric Eden

On the Internet, where abnormal behavior is the status quo, tempers
can flare in the heat of debate and word wars can last for days or
even weeks. It's not uncommon for users to ridicule, harass or insult
those who disagree with them.

But if you damage someone's reputation by trying to embarrass them in
a public forum, you could be sued for libel or defamation. After all,
there's no reason to assume that the messages you send through
cyberspace are immune from lawsuits.

"The Internet culture right now is for users to refute speech with
speech," says Dave Marburger, the attorney who represented Brock Meeks
in one of the first defamation lawsuits in the United States involving
the Internet. "But as the Internet culture gets more diverse, users
will start refuting speech with lawsuits."

There have only been a handful of libel and defamation lawsuits filed
involving the Internet so far, but as the Net grows, the number of
lawsuits will probably increase. If the few court battles that have
been decided involving libel and defamation on the Net are any
indication of how the law will be applied to the Internet in the
future, it's worth your time to learn what's libelous or defamatory on
the Internet and what's not.

Other users have the right to sue you for defamation if they can prove
you damaged their REPUTATION or GOOD NAME with false information. You
can be sued for libel if another user can prove you have distributed
defamatory statements about them in a public area -- such as a news
group or mailing list.

Anyone interested can find more information at the following address:

http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/defamation-in-cyberspace.html