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Posted on 08/13/2005 7:31:01 AM PDT by Gabz
Even the "Federalist Papers" were published anonomyoously, uner the pen name of "Publius."
Seems to me if I recall correctly that the law is that any public figure is open to ridicule, as a public figure. Anyone who isn't a public figure is not subject to such, as a now rich Richard Jewell can tell you.
But just where does one draw the line about who is and who isn't a public figure? Part of the issue here is some swipes were also taken at the man's wife. Just because she is married to a town councilman, does that make her a public figure?
Exactly. And that was mostly Hamilton (with some from Madison and a couple from John Jay).
Anonymous publishing was essential to the foundign of our nation - without the Federalist papers, we might never have ratified the Constitution.
That's who it's very important, when charging public officials and others with probable, serious misconduct, you always include weasel words that indicate what you're writing is your opinion, rather than a direct statement of fact, unless the public figure's in a positin where suing would do him more harm than good.
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A word to the wise to bloggers: wipe your server logs regularly and automatically.
how was Buckhead identified? if someone said "Buckhead is XYZ", he must have admitted to it at some point to complete the "outing".
the organization hosting the site would have to do that. there are also services on the net that act as proxies for you, so you can hide your real IP address from the server you are connecting to.
> ... how was Buckhead identified?
Blogger Who Faulted CBS Documents Is Conservative Activist (L.A Times RATS out Buckhead!)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1219355/posts
"Until The Times identified him by piecing together
information from his postings over the past two years,
MacDougald had taken pains to remain in the shadows —
saying the credit for challenging CBS should remain
with the blogosphere as a whole and not one individual"
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ROFLMSS!!!!!!!!!!
Exactly part of the reason I posted this article.
I'm not 100% sure if Cahill was running this time around or not........but I do know he is on the Council. To be perfectly honest, I never lived in that town, and don't live in Delaware anymore...I was only following what bits and pieces were in the paper because I've known the Mayor for many years.
I agree with you about the pettiness of this........to hold public office, even in a small town (actually ESPECIALLY in a small town) one must have a leather hide!!!!! (or that of a dinosaur :))
I agree.......and will post anything I can find from the DE papers when (and if) I see them.
Please drop me a ping if anything shows up! TIA!
Will do.
I was surprised to not see the blogs of the local papers not full of stuff about this ysterday or today.........
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