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/Harry's Place: Nick Cohen v Johann Hari
Johann Hari has threatened David T at Harry's Place with legal action over a defamatory post which appeared recently. Will at Drink Soaked Popinjays for War wonders:
But what does he mean by 'I am neither able, nor prepared, to hand edit articles and comments in order to meet threats of legal action'? Hand edit?! What the fuck does that mean? Of course you can 'edit' your writing so that you don't defame people. I think he's saying that he intends to write whatever he wants and sod the legal consequences, but he's rather spoilt the effect by pissing his pants and pulling the original piece the moment the word 'lawyer' was mentioned. What he should have said is 'I am neither able, nor prepared, to hand edit articles and comments in order to meet threats of legal action unless I am actually threatened with legal action when my edit will then consist of completely removing the post in its entirety, permanently.'
Say what you mean, mean what you say, then see it through. Or shut the fuck up.
Johann Hari has threatened David T at Harry's Place with legal action over a defamatory post which appeared recently. Will at Drink Soaked Popinjays for War wonders:
Would Hari have a case against HP Sauce? To win -- I think Hari would have to prove that the post was designed to "damage reputation with your peers" - can't see him doing that. It's already common knowledge that he's a self-righteous, two-faced weasel anyway -- neither interesting nor trustworthy. When all's said and done David T has made Hari look like a proper twat -- so win win situation I reckon.All rather irrelevant really given that the offending article was pulled faster than you could say Sue, Grabbit and Run. David T at HP had this to say:
Sadly Johann Hari is threatening me with defamation proceedings. He takes the view that this piece, and the comments which follow it, contain defamatory material. Practically speaking, I am neither able, nor prepared, to hand edit articles and comments in order to meet threats of legal action. Therefore I have chosen to take the article down and have removed all comments...I am not proposing to discuss this issue further.I bet you're not.
But what does he mean by 'I am neither able, nor prepared, to hand edit articles and comments in order to meet threats of legal action'? Hand edit?! What the fuck does that mean? Of course you can 'edit' your writing so that you don't defame people. I think he's saying that he intends to write whatever he wants and sod the legal consequences, but he's rather spoilt the effect by pissing his pants and pulling the original piece the moment the word 'lawyer' was mentioned. What he should have said is 'I am neither able, nor prepared, to hand edit articles and comments in order to meet threats of legal action unless I am actually threatened with legal action when my edit will then consist of completely removing the post in its entirety, permanently.'
Say what you mean, mean what you say, then see it through. Or shut the fuck up.
