So Sue Us

Filed under: Blogging, Blogosphere, Feature — Martin R. T. van der Doodle on March 27, 2008 @ 9:17 pm CET

Once again showing his famous tolerance for dissent, TMV’s Shaun Mullen charges “libel” in response to criticism of his earlier post. (Apparently TMV has repealed its policy against posts that attack people instead of responding to issues — or maybe it is just an exception made especially for the terrifying “poli kids”.)

As a public service, we would like to note the legal definition of “libel” in case Mullen would like to actually follow through with his latest tantrum. And to help Mullen (and his “Secret Squirrel club” of fans who run to him to tattle whenever Mullen’s views come in for any criticism) tell what is a real personal attack instead of just a disagreement, we’d like to post a link to an example.

At least this time he didn’t email us with an order to “get the f*** out of my thread”.

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1 Interested

March 27, 2008 @ 10:30 pm CET

does anybody expect anything different from him? I mean c’mon it’s Mullen.

2 Rudi666

March 28, 2008 @ 3:32 am CET

Nothing under the hat of this squirrel. As far as "tattling" goes, I only gave a heads up in two occasions. admin: edited to remove libel Besides calling me a "Moroco Mole" would have been more appropriate. When does Kasper Gutman start posting here?