Reading the court paper that someone else (wildrhythms) linked to (thanks): http://citoyens.soquij.qc.ca/php/decision.php?ID=8DC675577FCB5A9703ACA18C78BF1609 h

Reading the court paper that someone else (wildrhythms) linked to (thanks): http://citoyens.soquij.qc.ca/php/decision.php?ID=8DC675577FCB5A9703ACA18C78BF1609 http://citoyens.soquij.qc.ca/php/decision.php?ID=8DC675577FC... it is trivial (at least from outside Canada) to find via Google the actual post using some other keywords (instead of the anonymized name of the plaintiff). The post, though clearly defamatory, is as vague and generic as such posts can be. Without entering the debate on the actions or lack of actions by google and/or the actual site publisher, what I find almost incredible is that it had such a heavy impact on the plaintiff (see the court paper points [407] onwards) and his reputation. To only list a few, being removed from advisory board of an institute, being not recommended by old time friends for some jobs, the parents of his son's fiancee refusing to meet him, having promising business agreements canceled, influencing the reputation of his sons, the list is long. All for a single anonymous post? (presumably from a disgruntled ex-worker) Are people so stupid, do they believe the contents of this (single) data point and as a consequence take the actions that have been described? EDIT: corrected "removed from presidency of an institute" to "removed from advisory board of an institute"