Tim Ball wins — Andrew Weaver drops libel case after 7 years
http://joannenova.com.au/2018/02/tim-ball-wins-andrew-weaver-drops-libel-case-after-7-years/
Great news (though how low is our bar, that it’s “great” that after seven long expensive years Tim Ball can speak freely?). As reported on WUWT: Tim Ball’s free-speech victory over Andrew Weaver – all charges dismissed! Anthony Watts: I got word tonight from David Ball, son of Dr. Tim Ball via Facebook messenger: This morning the judge dismissed all charges in the lawsuit brought against Tim by BC Green Party leader Andrew Weaver. It is a great victory for free speech. Andrew Weaver launched the suit in 2011. In 2014 Ezra Levant’s wrote: “Silencing Critics instead of debating them” Weaver sued climatologist Dr. Tim Ball for, amongst other things, saying Weaver was “lacking a basic understanding of climate science,” according to a glowing New York Times article, cheering on his SLAPP suit. Seriously? Suing someone, in a court of law, for saying you don’t understand global warming? This from a scholar, an academic, a teacher? And now a politician – an opposition politician, no less. Weaver is now a Green Party MLA in British Columbia, someone who hurls insults as part of his job description. That’s not what true academics do. […]Rating: 10.0/10 (4 votes cast)
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