Another Reason to Be Thankful About U.S. Libel Laws

Because other countries aren't so permissive:

Petr Partyk criticized a city bureaucrat on a web discussion forum, and now faces prison over it. What's more, he says the comments were written by someone else. It looks absurd, but according to a decision by the Prague 7 district court he could be in prison for 75 days for libel.