I'm surprised. Old geezers like me are dying out and I'd have thought we were the ones hanging on to print. I have about 5000 e-books that I haven't read and I wonder when I'll ever read most of them. My house contains, at a guess, about 10,000 print books and I've read them all, some many times over. Sitting up in bed or lolling in a chair - even reading whilst eating - just seems more comfortable and enjoyable with the heft of a book in your hand. And I'm a techo; I started in the computer business as a support engineer in 1965 and continued in several roles until 2003. I do have an e-reader; I read from my PC; and I read from my smart phone. It just ain't the same. And it seems that younger people are finding that too.

Don't see why she can't take you to court, receive 24,000 quid and stick you with a 107,000 quid bill for that comment. It seems at least as bad as the one she made and in your case it's deliberate. But then we know the law is an ass.

I agree. Glad I no longer live in the UK, although I'm not sure that Australian judges are more sensible. Don't see why you are so touchy about people expressing their dislike of your views tho'. For the record, anyone who dislikes, disagrees with, or cares to insult me, is perfectly within their rights to do so and will receive no harm from me. I don't have to choose to get upset about it and nor should anyone else. And you may rate this any damn way you please.

What is important is that it stinks when the courts accord themselves a major lottery win for penalising some poor bugger who made a silly mistake. As for the woman (or whatever, according to some of the comments) who couldn't simply accept an apology, I can only hope that she experiences the same viciousness in her life that she's shown toward this unfortunate. Someone who is less vulnerable than her present victim. Meanwhile I hope the bloody money chokes her.