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<blockquote data-quote="Dick Rees" data-source="post: 1443" data-attributes="member: 16">An open rant:I am quite upset at having just received an unsigned letter addressed to &quot;Current Resident&quot; with a home-printed label in the return address position saying &quot;([my neighborhoods name] Crime&nbsp; Prevention&quot;.&nbsp; The text gives the address of one of my close neighbors and makes some serious accusations of &quot;unprovoked and anti-social behavior&quot; and asking everyone to keep an eye out and report any &quot;suspicions&quot; to the police.&nbsp; This from an anonymous coward somewhere on the other side of the block.&nbsp; I know for sure it&#039;s nobody on my street.What the heck&#039;s going on?&nbsp; Is this East Germany before the fall of the wall?I&#039;m much more concerned with this closet National Socialist behavior than with the accused.....who does happen to be loud and opinionated.&nbsp; Since when is that a crime?????&nbsp; If it were, I&#039;d be&nbsp; a resident of a small cell somewhere.I just wonder if circulating such a letter is actionable........slander, defamation of character, whatever.Close rant.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dick Rees, post: 1443, member: 16"] An open rant: I am quite upset at having just received an unsigned letter addressed to "Current Resident" with a home-printed label in the return address position saying "([my neighborhoods name] Crime Prevention". The text gives the address of one of my close neighbors and makes some serious accusations of "unprovoked and anti-social behavior" and asking everyone to keep an eye out and report any "suspicions" to the police. This from an anonymous coward somewhere on the other side of the block. I know for sure it's nobody on my street. What the heck's going on? Is this East Germany before the fall of the wall? I'm much more concerned with this closet National Socialist behavior than with the accused.....who does happen to be loud and opinionated. Since when is that a crime????? If it were, I'd be a resident of a small cell somewhere. I just wonder if circulating such a letter is actionable........slander, defamation of character, whatever. Close rant. [/QUOTE]

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