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As Cathy Seipp Lay Dying, Her Nemesis Took Parting Shot
FOX ^ | 03/28/07 | Michael Y. Park

Posted on 03/28/2007 10:17:57 AM PDT by Froufrou

The 49-year-old newspaper columnist and conservative blogger, who had come from Manitoba, Canada, to become the sharp-tongued doyenne of the Los Angeles media scene, was only hours away from losing her years-long fight with cancer, leaving behind a 17-year-old daughter, a lifetime of work as a plucky and plain-speaking wordsmith, and the respect of colleagues from both sides of the political spectrum.

But what was supposed to have been a dignified end for a long-suffering single mom instead turned into what friends called a disgustingly public travesty, an example of the current Wild West atmosphere of Internet privacy issues, and a sordid showcase of just how far a beef can go.

Just hours before her death, “Cathy Seipp” suddenly seemed to undo decades of hard work with an oddly written letter posted on the Web site, www. cathyseipp.com. In what came off as more bizarre rant than heartfelt apology, her supposed “very last blog entry” called her years of journalism a “shoddy,” “despicable” and “irresponsible” career as a “fourth-rate hack.” Her political stance? All a mistake.

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To: HIDEK6
I heard somewhere today that some Democrat blog was saying it's no wonder Tony Snow got cancer, after all his lies for Bush and working for Fox. There's something wrong with people who say such things.

carolyn

41 posted on 03/28/2007 11:56:32 AM PDT by CDHart ("It's too late to work within the system and too early to shoot the b@#$%^&s."--Claire Wolfe)
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To: Froufrou

I wonder what his CP name was.


42 posted on 03/28/2007 11:58:41 AM PDT by Petronski (FRED!)
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To: Froufrou
Legal observers say that the Seipp-Stein spat demonstrates how the Internet-using public still hasn't figured out the boundaries of good taste and what the reasonable expectations of privacy are in a world where seemingly every other person keeps his personal thoughts in online journals that can be accessed by anyone with a computer.

Most of the Internet-using public knows full well where the boundaries of good taste lie. And most would say that Stein crossed over it long ago.

43 posted on 03/28/2007 12:01:50 PM PDT by Logophile
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To: Logophile

He was being vindictive when he found out she didn't 'own' the domain, looking for something to take out on her. Twisted.


44 posted on 03/28/2007 12:12:14 PM PDT by Froufrou
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To: Froufrou
“Whatever socially acceptable rules that may exist are still developing. You're going to get some sharp words — that's what's going to happen — but when does it cross the line?”

Why should new "socially acceptable rules" have to be developed because the medium changes?

Scum is scum, no matter how it chooses to express itself.

This sorry excuse for a "man" has broken new ground in this particular area.

45 posted on 03/28/2007 12:17:09 PM PDT by Madame Dufarge
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To: sport

"They need to be stood up to and whatever happens next is up to them."

I'd say this guy needs a good beating, but it would undoubtedly just feed into his own little paranoid fantasies. With any luck this story will get around and nobody will ever consider employing him as a teacher again, at least.


46 posted on 03/28/2007 12:29:13 PM PDT by -YYZ-
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To: Froufrou

I had to actually read the article in order to understand the fuss.

That was a rather scummy thing to do. (Not read the article, but this idiot Stein's actions.)


47 posted on 03/28/2007 12:35:02 PM PDT by Radix (Reasonable people often can and do disagree.)
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To: Froufrou

Stein sounds like Michael Moore's twin brother, AFAICT. He's just as loathsome, juvenile and narcissistic.


48 posted on 03/28/2007 12:41:07 PM PDT by TChris (The Democrat Party: A sewer into which is emptied treason, inhumanity and barbarism - O. Morton)
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To: Froufrou

No law against being a boor. His justice would be if everyone ignored him, from now on.


49 posted on 03/28/2007 12:42:12 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: CDHart
I've heard it in connection with Tony Snow, but also earlier. I can't remember who it was in connection with.

It wouldn't surprise me if it were a formal talking point.

Rats are despicable.

50 posted on 03/28/2007 12:42:51 PM PDT by HIDEK6
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To: Petronski

:)


51 posted on 03/28/2007 12:44:08 PM PDT by veronica (http://www.cadillaccicatrix.com/)
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To: Froufrou

How tolerant, diverse and inclusive, Eliot.


52 posted on 03/28/2007 12:45:44 PM PDT by sappy
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To: Madame Dufarge; TChris; SuzyQ; sappy; Radix

What gets me is that he was hoping she would see it before she died. That's just evil.


53 posted on 03/28/2007 12:57:14 PM PDT by Froufrou
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To: Froufrou
What gets me is that he was hoping she would see it before she died

Nirvana for a cowardly POS. Minimal chance of a response.

He probably spent his childhood sticking pins into the dog's lips when nobody was looking.

54 posted on 03/28/2007 1:04:21 PM PDT by Madame Dufarge
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To: Madame Dufarge

Is it my imagination, or have we been seeing a marked increase in the 'just don't care' attitudes in people?


55 posted on 03/28/2007 1:10:06 PM PDT by Froufrou
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To: GMMAC

This is the 21st century. We don't tar and feather miscreants anymore. Epoxy glue and packing "popcorn" are cheaper and easier to find.


56 posted on 03/28/2007 1:52:25 PM PDT by magslinger (Submission? That's a bit of a problem!)
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To: Froufrou

I never heard of either one of them.


57 posted on 03/28/2007 1:56:55 PM PDT by napscoordinator (.)
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To: Gay State Conservative

He blames her cancer on her political persuasion?

Is that what we're supposed to say about Molly Ivins? Oh, wait, I bet that's different, right?


58 posted on 03/28/2007 2:07:18 PM PDT by Let's Roll ("the left is rearranging the beach to make sure the tsunami comes in as unimpeded as possible." -)
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To: Froufrou

Somebody will have a nice warm home after he dies.


59 posted on 03/28/2007 2:19:16 PM PDT by SmoothTalker
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To: magslinger
Hey, call me a guy who longs for 'the good ol' days' and, btw ...

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60 posted on 03/28/2007 2:44:52 PM PDT by GMMAC (Discover Canada governed by Conservatives: www.CanadianAlly.com)
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