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Philippa Cowderoy flippa at flippac.org
Sun Jun 11 04:01:54 EDT 2006 
On Sun, 11 Jun 2006, Erik Max Francis wrote:

> Philippa Cowderoy wrote:
> 
> > Hrmm, does that one differ in Scotland?
> 
> I don't believe so.
> 

My statement was intended in the context of UK law - I have to admit to 
not knowing too much about what's different north of the border beyond the 
infamous verdict though.

> > Wrong pronoun, then.
> 
> Well, your comment was challenged, and I offered a reasonable interpretation
> of what you might have meant (which indicated a more general point in any
> case, namely that libel law is not quite as simple as the original poster was
> making it out to be).  If you don't wish to defend your position, that's fine,
> but pointing fingers is kind of weird at this stage.
> 

I'd still appreciate being referred to as "she" rather than "he" though.

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