Fair comment

Comparing an anti-gay activist to the Nazis or the KKK might be a bit extreme, but should the person who makes that comparison be held liable for defamation? The British Columbia Court of Appeal thought so in a 2006 decision. Canadian bloggers should keep an eye on this when it goes before the Supreme Court of Canada next month.

Eugene Volokh, meanwhile, has some concerns about a American decision holding the Fred Phelps mob - who are on the other side of the gay-rights controversy, to put it mildly - liable for intentional infliction of emotional distress after they held a characteristically sick protest at a soldier's funeral.

Damian P.

Posted by damian at November 20, 2007 04:41 PM