Comment Re:Foreshadowing. (Score 5, Insightful) 454
"If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him."
Cardinal Richelieu
"If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him."
Cardinal Richelieu
As someone who enthusiastically posted on Groklaw in the early days I can identify with your feelings.
Several times I voiced minor doubts about some viewpoint or introduced another aspect and was stunned by PJ's rapid and savage responses. As a research scientist (MD) and long-term open-source advocate I was somewhat unprepared for being called a gull and a troll and threatened with banning unless I toed the line.
Eventually of course I was and even now (though I stopped posting regularly years ago) any remarks that I make are expunged within hours or less.
As a factual record and investigative journalism Groklaw is superb and a brilliant example of the power of disparate people gathered together for a common purpose over the internet. As a document of opinion and argument it is fatally flawed by its doctrinaire censorship of even mildly dissenting voices.
A pity.
Suddenly deciding to turn Groklaw into a mausoleum seems very un-Pj-ish.
After all, there's still a long way to go in the saga and an awful lot of dirt
still to be uncovered.
I reckon someone put the frighteners on her - kidnapped her favourite cat or
threatened to shoot her granny if she didn't tone it down.
The shutoff was too brusque and the "return" too humble.
I smell a rat.
Mac
If you think the system is working, ask someone who's waiting for a prompt.