You mind yer own business.  Or if your going to insult me, do it properly.

But rightly or wrongly, words can get you into a lot of bother - being sued or being sacked if you post something on work time, etc.  If that makes the person being defamed 'soft' is a matter of opinion, but it wouldn't help you in a court of law.  The fact is, people do get sued, and the claimant does win.

But rightly or wrongly, words can get you into a lot of bother - being sued or being sacked if you post something on work time, etc.  If that makes the person being defamed 'soft' is a matter of opinion, but it wouldn't help you in a court of law.  The fact is, people do get sued, and the claimant does win.

Also, we're not actually talking are we?  We're writing, which is a different ball game.

That, is because of the pathetic, arsehole, mindless, soft arse society we now live in.  People are pathetic, to be honest with you.  It's all, i'll sue you, you sue me - tripe.  Whatever happened to just dishin' it out, and gettin it back, like it should be.  What a moronic, pathetic, wankshaft society we live in.  I'm ashamed to be part of it.

You're perfectly entitled to that opinion, but while that is the way it is, the wise thing to do is to take care with what you publish on a public internet forum.  You can be a martyr to the cause of freedom of speech by posting whatever you like on other sites, but as there is an ongoing argument over whether it is the poster or the admin/mods who are responsible for the posted content, I'd really rather not get involved, ta.

So what, it's only words.  State of the world, i'm afraid.  Can't say boo to a goose these days.  But, if everyone just did say what they wanted, we'd live in more honest open society, and that is the way forward, insteadof all this secret, hush hush bollox that exists now.

You're perfectly entitled to that opinion, but while that is the way it is, the wise thing to do is to take care with what you publish on a public internet forum.  You can be a martyr to the cause of freedom of speech by posting whatever you like on other sites, but as there is an ongoing argument over whether it is the poster or the admin/mods who are responsible for the posted content, I'd really rather not get involved, ta.

You pretty much can say what you want-go to Speaker's Corner for an afternoon and have a listen, or visit the houses of parliament and see the protests that are pretty much permanently there.  What you can't do is defame or libel someone.  And rightly so.