Public domain: Your friendly community spies 7-16-02
"...have been preparing people to accept neighborhood spies.
But not by our Lord. He has a different pathway to peace and justice. Truth and love -- not gossip or guesswork -- set the standard. And secret reports from a single witness are banned from His courtroom. Ponder His instructions:
While Jesus has fulfilled the old Levitical laws by giving His own life, the Old Testament's moral laws still stand. Affirmed by the New Testament, they call us to follow the way of Biblical love and justice, not today's distorted socialist interpretation of justice that justifies slander and bends God's truth.But following God in a nation trained to love pleasure and safety more than truth and integrity will be costly. History shows the high price of uncompromising faithfulness to the Lord we love. Through the centuries, man's natural aversion for His humble path has stirred rage, slander and outright persecution. But never before has the offended world been given such an opportunity to gratify their grudges without facing the consequences.Yet, we need not fear. "In the world you will have tribulation," said Jesus to His followers, "but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world." John 16:33"“You shall not circulate a false report. Do not put your hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness." Exodus 23:1
“One witness shall not rise against a man concerning any iniquity or any sin that he commits; by the mouth of two or three witnesses the matter shall be established." Deuteronomy 19:15
“And the judges shall make careful inquiry, and indeed, if the witness is a false witness, who has testified falsely against his brother, then you shall do to him as he thought to have done to his brother; so you shall put away the evil from among you." Deuteronomy 19:18-19
"By the mouth of two or three witnesses every word shall be established." 2 Corinthians 13:1
"For the commandments, 'You shall not commit adultery,' 'You shall not murder,' 'You shall not steal,' 'You shall not bear false witness,' 'You shall not covet,' and if there is any other commandment, are all summed up in this saying, namely, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'” Romans 13:9
Gangstalking is when a gang stalks a person, and harrasses them. Gangstalking” is not a mental health issue, it is an organized assault on a victim by a group of criminals. It is also called “cause stalking” or “vigilantly stalking”. The goal of the covert coordinated assaults and slander is to make the victim appear [...]
God and His Messiah Jesus Christ our Lord - our right and duty to witness to Him: Organized Stalking - Quelling Dissent
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The Silencer: Libel Litigation as a Threat to Free Speech

Social and environmental activists, bloggers and people who are active on Facebook are already familiar with the phenomenon of powerful forces – contractors, politicians, tycoons – that don’t hesitate to threaten libel suits and sue those who fight them. Whether defamation actually occurred is not important, and a large difference between the defendant’s statement and the scope of the claim, including the amount sought as compensation, is equally unimportant to those that employ this tool.
ACRI’s report – The Silencer: Libel Litigation as a Threat to Free Speech – highlights a phenomenon that has been growing steadily over the last decade. Powerful forces are using baseless and frivolous libel claims, inflated with empty threats of prosecution, as a tool to silence activists that are fighting with them. For large companies or wealthy individuals, the cost of a lawsuit is minimal. For the ordinary citizen waging a struggle, or commenting about them on Facebook, grappling with the complexities of the law and defending themselves against a lawsuit is intolerable. The result: vital critiques of issues of public importance are silenced.
According to the author of the report, ACRI Attorney Avner Pinchuk, “we are increasingly witnessing libel claims with a weak or even outlandish basis, yet which are an effective silencing measure against social and environmental activists who speak on matters of public importance. Though the court seeks in the course of the trial to maintain a balance between freedom of expression and the right to maintain one’s good name, it fails to see the big picture.
Attorney Ishay Shneydor, who represents defendants and those threatened by this phenomenon, and who also took part in writing the report, added “suing for libel, or writing a letter threatening such a suit, is an inexpensive procedure through which powerful forces succeed in deterring civic participation, placing their critics in a defensive position and preventing or dampening public dialogue on issues of importance. If we don’t recognize this phenomenon and develop tools to deal with it, then we are abandoning the public and strengthening those who have the power to silence their opponents.”
The report provides a comprehensive analysis of the reasons why libel suits, or threats thereof, have become such an effective tool under Israeli law for stifling criticism. It reviews numerous cases of libel lawsuits and threats of prosecution based on frivolous claims against social and environmental activists, bloggers, journalists, employees and others. The report concludes by listing a number of steps that can be taken, both in the legal and public sphere, to reduce the ‘chilling effect’ of libel litigation on freedom of speech.
The report provides a comprehensive analysis of the reasons why libel suits, or threats thereof, have become such an effective tool under Israeli law for stifling criticism. It reviews numerous cases of libel lawsuits and threats of prosecution based on frivolous claims against social and environmental activists, bloggers, journalists, employees and others. The report concludes by listing a number of steps that can be taken, both in the legal and public sphere, to reduce the ‘chilling effect’ of libel litigation on freedom of speech.
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