I am not taking your post to task, because arguing over whether she was "dismantled" (my word) or "Stumbled" is an unproductive discussion (although that would qualify it for this thread), but I do want to address one strawman that you mention.
Specifically, I want to address your assertion that "they do have a right to speak their mind". Firstly, NO serious commenter here or elsewhere has ever argued that they must be silent. Yet, every time this gets discussed, this line gets thrown out there as if anyone were arguing they do not have a right to an opinion. It is the very essence of a strawman.
Secondly, and most importantly, much as free speech is not an absolute unfettered right for individuals, it is not an unfettered right for political organizations or anyone commeting on a proposed business transaction. If you sit back and look at the tort of intentional intereference with economic or prospective economic relations, from a lay point of view it is pretty much akin to slander of individuals, only applied to an economic setting. No one, whether a person, a political entity or a self-professed "watchdog", can simply make up whatever they want without being subject to a requirement to demonstrate the truth or fair comment of their statement. Again - everyone is entitled to HAVE an opinion, but when you start expressing that opinion, you are subject to the law of the land as well.
I am not taking your post to task, because arguing over whether she was "dismantled" (my word) or "Stumbled" is an unproductive discussion (although that would qualify it for this thread
Specifically, I want to address your assertion that "they do have a right to speak their mind". Firstly, NO serious commenter here or elsewhere has ever argued that they must be silent. Yet, every time this gets discussed, this line gets thrown out there as if anyone were arguing they do not have a right to an opinion. It is the very essence of a strawman.
Secondly, and most importantly, much as free speech is not an absolute unfettered right for individuals, it is not an unfettered right for political organizations or anyone commeting on a proposed business transaction. If you sit back and look at the tort of intentional intereference with economic or prospective economic relations, from a lay point of view it is pretty much akin to slander of individuals, only applied to an economic setting. No one, whether a person, a political entity or a self-professed "watchdog"
I am not taking your post to task, because arguing over whether she was "dismantled" (my word) or "Stumbled" is an unproductive discussion (although that would qualify it for this thread
Specifically, I want to address your assertion that "they do have a right to speak their mind". Firstly, NO serious commenter here or elsewhere has ever argued that they must be silent. Yet, every time this gets discussed, this line gets thrown out there as if anyone were arguing they do not have a right to an opinion. It is the very essence of a strawman.
Secondly, and most importantly, much as free speech is not an absolute unfettered right for individuals, it is not an unfettered right for political organizations or anyone commeting on a proposed business transaction. If you sit back and look at the tort of intentional intereference with economic or prospective economic relations, from a lay point of view it is pretty much akin to slander of individuals, only applied to an economic setting. No one, whether a person, a political entity or a self-professed "watchdog"
Don't take "creative" out of context, thanks. CoG has a legal transaction, and one that is the best available option given Moyes' disgraceful, heedless and unneeded move into bankruptcy. As such, they need not be compelled to remove the taxpayer to satisfy a rightwing political entity engaging in politics.
It'd be interesting if the team moves - which, once again, is unlikely - and CoG sues Goldwater back to the stone age. I'm no fan of far-right think tanks either, though I did once interview for a job at the Fraser Institute in my younger, more desperate days.
YupI knew you'd love that one. Rest assured, though, that you are still the King of cultural references on HF BoH Board. Thank yuh, thank yuh very much!
Plenty of folks, right here on this very board. Deel free to scour the hundreds of posts to dig up examples.
