GODHIMSELF:
You are behaving like a troll trying to keep people from posting. Also you seem to want to dominate this tread.
This thread is not your personal place to offer legal advice and admonish people.
As long as people posting here are prudent there is no need to be worried about litigation. The Butler group isn't stupid. They have not filed a frivolous lawsuit against this message board and the Cult Institute or the blog www.cultnews.com which has run reports about them.
The key is not making factual errors and qualifying what you say intelligently. For example, "In my opinion" or "It seems to me" makes it a matter of opinion. Everyone is entitled to an opinion, which makes a defamation claim very difficult.
If you are not sure you can say "apparently" or "it appears" to qualify what you are posting.
Using a little common sense excludes or greatly limits the risk of a lawsuit.
Having been sued by various groups (they all lost) over the years I know this to be true.
If you continue acting like a know it all and troll you will be banned from this message board.
Last warning.
You are behaving like a troll trying to keep people from posting. Also you seem to want to dominate this tread.
This thread is not your personal place to offer legal advice and admonish people.
As long as people posting here are prudent there is no need to be worried about litigation. The Butler group isn't stupid. They have not filed a frivolous lawsuit against this message board and the Cult Institute or the blog www.cultnews.com which has run reports about them.
The key is not making factual errors and qualifying what you say intelligently. For example, "In my opinion" or "It seems to me" makes it a matter of opinion. Everyone is entitled to an opinion, which makes a defamation claim very difficult.
If you are not sure you can say "apparently" or "it appears" to qualify what you are posting.
Using a little common sense excludes or greatly limits the risk of a lawsuit.
Having been sued by various groups (they all lost) over the years I know this to be true.
If you continue acting like a know it all and troll you will be banned from this message board.
Last warning.