tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733583.post829600315706497227..comments2024-03-04T08:34:20.376+00:00Comments on John's Labour blog: Libel Reform and the Queen's SpeechJohn Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14269161145575667147noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733583.post-70637361892137806222012-01-02T15:39:39.870+00:002012-01-02T15:39:39.870+00:00A website hosted in the US would work on some leve...A website hosted in the US would work on some level... not sure if individuals can still be held liable in this country. Worth looking into.<br /><br />The Skeptics tour is one way we can promote this but this is sort of preaching to the choir if you know what I mean? We need some real consciousness raising amongst the general population because they need to hear about the restrictions being placed on useful information and information givers.<br /><br />I'll speak to you later if you are about with some ideas.<br /><br />Vaughanvjohn82https://www.blogger.com/profile/08766506664371154145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733583.post-15545288052917863512012-01-02T15:30:53.320+00:002012-01-02T15:30:53.320+00:00Hi Vaughan
Another good idea about the blog. The...Hi Vaughan<br /><br />Another good idea about the blog. The trouble is that this will attract the ire of the stupids so I think it will have to hosted in the US until these daft laws are changed. Not sure even this will work?<br /><br />But the " Skeptics in the Pub events tour" seems a great idea. Since I have been too disorganised to even attend a London event I'm probably not the best person to bring this up. Speak to you know who.<br /><br />Hopefully we will get some good news in the near future to launch something?John Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14269161145575667147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733583.post-55903446247643148352012-01-01T22:49:47.414+00:002012-01-01T22:49:47.414+00:00I think we can definitely do something... perhaps ...I think we can definitely do something... perhaps a shared blog might be one way to start where we can share our stories and offer some resources and also piggyback, to some extent, on the libel reform campaign and the Index on Censorship. <br /><br />There is a good opportunity to make sure libel reform is high on the agenda this year and we really need to make the most of the momentum in this direction. <br /><br />I'd also advocate looking at some sort of "tour" of the Skeptics in the Pub events to continue to highlight libel reform and for protection of bloggers who call people out on their unscrupulous deeds. <br /><br />Some tactics on dealing with libel threats have been published by the Sense About Science team... might be good to pool all of these resources?<br /><br />Happy to support this in any way I can.vjohn82https://www.blogger.com/profile/08766506664371154145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733583.post-47964778563752211742011-12-29T00:00:04.536+00:002011-12-29T00:00:04.536+00:00Hi Socrates
A very, very good idea. How to do it?...Hi Socrates<br /><br />A very, very good idea. How to do it? A "meeting", Newsletter, Website, Social media...? <br /><br />Is there something already existng that we can tag on to?John Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14269161145575667147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733583.post-43936245086839681422011-12-28T23:28:43.726+00:002011-12-28T23:28:43.726+00:00In the mean time it would be useful for people lik...In the mean time it would be useful for people like Vaughan Jones and myself, could get a little practical support - perhaps an association of sued bloggers? Somewhere to pool and share information - and build a skills base?<br /><br />I was fortunate to be able to wield the threat of Matrix and a two year battle to send my adversary scuttling back to the US.<br /><br />Many others haven't been so lucky.Socrateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12525104555859213125noreply@blogger.com