"necoandjeff" <spam@schrepfer.com> wrote ...
> Eric Takabayashi wrote:
>> Ryan Ginstrom wrote:
>> 
>>> Maybe those in our midst with a knowledge of Japanese law can clear
>>> this up, but I believe that in Japan, damaging public statements are
>>> subject to defamation (名誉毀損) laws, even if they are true. What
>>> matters is if the "victim's" public standing was damaged, whether
>>> that standing was deserved or not.
>> 
>> You will recall it was Ernest the lawyer a while ago, claiming that x
>> was not libel or slander if it was true.
> 
> Under U.S. law, truth is an absolute defense to defamation.

So, for those of us listening in text, was 'U.S.' stressed in 
that sentence?