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Marc Stevens Wrote:I didn't see where you acknowledged I do not limit dissent on the forum, though the people who come to the site can see that for themselves. I hardly thought you guys would ever acknowledge a false charge against me though.

Would you like to get that out of the way? OK, fine. Dan Evans reported that he was unable to get on this board. I then tried, and was similarly unable. It turns out that my problem (and perhaps Dan's as well) was that the site's captcha didn't work with some installations of IE8, perhaps depending on whether Java is installed as well. When someone posted that, I tried Firefox; no problem. I gladly acknowledge the commendable difference between you and folks such as LB Bork and Peter Hendrickson, who brook no dissent in their personal sandboxes. I apologize for claiming otherwise, although I had never before run into a problem with captcha. OK?

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wserra Wrote:Actually no, it isn't. A trespass is in fact a tort, but crimes and torts are apples and Toyotas. If you disagree, please cite something that says a crime is a tort. Definition: "cite" means statute or case, something courts will recognize as authoritative.

Actually a crime is a public tort. This just shows how little you quatloos guys actually researched before labeling me an idiot, this is from my cross-reference on my homepage:

"Distinctions between crime and tort

Irony meters all over the world pegged at this one. You insist that a crime is a tort, I ask for proof, and you cite something that talks about the distinctions between them as proof that you're not an idiot. According to Random House, "distinction" means "condition of being different". So, to prove that a tort is a crime, you cite something that says a tort isn't a crime. In addition, of course, there are large differences between torts and crimes not only in reference to penalties, but also quantum of proof required, mens rea, and the panoply of constitutional protections that apply to those charged with crimes but not to those sued in tort.

Other than that, they're identical.

The distinctions between crimes and torts are really neither here nor there, except to show how much nonsense is accepted uncritically on this site.

Quote:You quatloos guys make personal attacks against me as if I just make stuff up.

You do.