dave@utcsrgv.UUCP (Dave Sherman) (03/13/84)
Telling the story is quite OK. It's a true story, and you are
speaking about your personal experience. There is nothing wrong
with relating facts.
However, I become a little more concerned when you say:
~| I have gone in length to tell this story mainly because I got
~| really disgusted with ~~~~~~~~~, and their food is not in any way
~| authentic and even oriental. ~~~~~~~~~ is only better than ------ and
~| ///////////. Besides there is no chinese restaurants in the whole
~| Chicagoland worth eating at anyway.
Statements of opinion as to which is better are probably OK, but
a statement that ~~~~~~~'s food is not "authentic" purports to
be a statement of fact which, if false, might be libellous. I
would recommend you not make such statements to the public.
It's not clear, of course. One would have to determine whether being
"authentic" and "oriental" are things which can be determined factually
(one suspects they may well be) or simply expressions of the writer's
opinion (as, for example, "tasty" would be).
I know you were upset about what happened. Telling the story
is enough. People can draw their own conclusions.
Dave Sherman
Toronto
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