I agree!! I find this whole new thread about Mr. Red Wolf and the threat of a law suit very confusing. I somehow have missed where he was even mentioned or where he or anyone else requested his name be removed from discussion because information presented about him was incorrect. Generally when some one posts good, correcting documentation it is acted upon immediately. So I remain confused as to why the threats.
Also as a legal clarification - Slander is a type of defamation or purposeful untruthful that is an oral (spoken) statement about a person that harms the person's reputation or standing in the community. Because slander is a tort (a civil wrong), the injured person can bring a lawsuit against the person who made the false statement. If the statement is made via broadcast media -- for example, over the radio or on TV -- it is considered libel, rather than slander, because the statement has the potential to reach a wider audience.
Settlement of either litigation ultimately rests upon the interpretation of intent to do harm, justification for statement – such as prior history of both plaintive and defendant, and degree to which statements were incorrect and damages proven to have been done. Most civil attorneys will tell you that the court costs and associated fees and invasion into a persons associations and history make it much more rational to try to resolve with negotiation. Again it is all about intent to harm. Questions are seldom if ever proven to be either slanderuor or libelous.
