I notice the rabble/babble crowd is gloating over the dismissal of a libel case brought against the crown and Pierrette Bouchard, the author of a publication entitled "School Success by Gender: A Catalyst for the Masculinist Discourse," by Ken Wiebe, a father's rights activist in British Columbia. This document was published by Status of Women Canada. Wiebe publishes a website for B.C. Fathers, a support group for fathers in custody cases. Wiebe and portions of his website were featured in Bouchard's publication in which he is characterized as an anti-woman hatemonger. He took exception to this and sued, arguing that this was defamation of character. The case was dismissed as the B.C. Supreme Court ruled that the though the characterization was defamatory, it falls well within the bounds of fair comment. Fair enough, but I wonder if the rabble/babble crowd appreciates that fair comment means that they and their pet causes are subject to defamatory characterizations, provided they keep in the bounds of fair comment. Based on what I have observed of the antics of the rabble/babble crowd, somehow I doubt this very much.