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On 23/09/2010 20:19, Nestor Gorojovsky wrote: > Dear David (BTW, do you have any relation with Picón Salas?), I am > against the slander and libel law myself. BTW, the current Arg > government has finished this law. No relation, as it happens. When you say you're against the law, I have to agree. Now perhaps in Spain this issue takes on a special political significance, given that not too long ago, a humour magazine called "El Jueves" got in trouble for publishing a caricature of the Prince. The people involved were successfully indicted and sentenced for libel against the crown. A similar event took place when, in Cataluña, demonstrators burned photos of the king. Because of these events and my familiarity with lots of unjust outcomes of these laws in the UK, where they have a very bad effect on free expression, particularly by people without deep pockets to withstand prosecution, I'm very much opposed to these sorts of actions. > `[...] You cannot forbid slander. The question is whether you can > resort to legal actions against it, or not, not because it is slander in > itself but because it may entail a vicious attack on you and even murder I suppose it is a bit of a special case, yes. > OTOH, in fact, I think that the sensible comment that working class can > suit class actions closes the whole issue. It's a fair point, and obviously labour law, inadequate as it may be, helps many workers defend some of their rights some of the time. I suppose my point was mostly addressed to the fact that we shouldn't lose sight of the reality that the institutions of bourgeois justice are fundamentally partial. The outcome can only be called justice in a very limited sense. Saludos. --David. ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
