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"And if such a person does exist, then it isn't slander if it's true." It's slander if we have a name and the statement is false. Also there is a, very possib
by sarvinc 14y ago
"And if such a person does exist, then it isn't slander if it's true."
It's slander if we have a name and the statement is false.
Also there is a, very possible, potential that the person isn't here to defend their reputation. Thus having a name provides us with no clarity and potentially harms an individual's reputation.
I think it's enough that you've made the point that this should be taken with a grain of salt.
- AnthonyMouse 14y agoOK, I should clarify, I am not looking for mob justice here. My intent in asking for the name is not for the purpose of publicizing it (again, I have my suspicions that it even exists), but rather so that if someone has actually done such a thing then the appropriate higher ups can be notified and some formal accountability can follow. Maybe the thing to ask is not that it be posted here but that it be supplied to some officials at the company so that they can conduct an investigation and ascertain the truth. Would that be more to everyone's satisfaction?
- nostrademons 14y ago(Technically, it'd be libel, not slander. Libel is written, slander is verbal, and we write on the Internet.) Pedantry aside, I also don't think it's appropriate to name names. There's too much risk of not getting the full story when you name & shame on a public forum, and it can have very real consequences for people's lives. If you wouldn't want 4chan or SomethingAwful doing it to you, don't do it to someone else.
- sarvinc 14y agoI stand corrected.