On Thu, Jan 03, 2019 at 03:25:07PM +0000, Sean Whitton wrote:
On Thu 03 Jan 2019 at 02:47pm GMT, Ulrike Uhlig wrote:
Looks good! I like it.
One tiny thingy based on a remark: I've looked up 'slur' in the
dictionary and 'slander' and 'libel' seem to be synonyms that might be
more widely known. Maybe a native speaker could confirm this.
'slander' seems fine but 'libel' implies you are doing something
illegal. 'slander' and 'slurs' need not be illegal.
Slander and libel are equally "illegal" under common law: the former is
spoken while the latter is written, and both are civil rather than
criminal matters. This varies by jurisdiction, as does protection of
true statements, so it's important to be clear about the "where". (And
historically, slander was punishable by the removal of the tongue--so it
hardly seems a lesser matter!)
Mike Stone