Hi,

Reading past posts where several age polls were 
taken, I am pretty sure that not everyone has had 
a college-level law course.

More quotes from West's Business Law:

Expressing opinions is fine except that "[t]he 
freedom of speech guaranteed by the First 
Amendment is not absolute."

"Defamation of character involves wrongfully 
hurting a person's good reputation.  The law 
imposes a general duty on all persons to refrain 
from making false, defamatory statements of fact 
about others.  Breaching this duty ... in writing 
involves the tort of libel."

"The tort of defamation ... arises when a false 
statement of fact is made about a person's 
product, business, or title to property."

Internet posts fill the publication requirement 
(where the defamatory statements have been 
communicated to persons other than the defamed 
party).  It is fully punishable by law.  It all 
depends on if the defamed party wants to serve a 
summons or not.

Later,

persocon