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> Legal liability. Basic human decency rather.

• lutusp 14y ago
  Well, yes, that's also true -- many people don't want to cause unintended hurt by way of poorly considered words. But (in the U.S. at least, and certainly Great Britain) a diplomatic expression that includes an unfair characterization can result in legal action. "Bob isn't so bad -- after all, it's said that he's stopped beating his wife."