Hit by a Brick?

Quote of the Day:

All in all it was just a brick in the wall.
All in all it was all just bricks in the wall.

~ Pink Floyd ~ The Wall ~

"Have you heard ..." This is the first stage in a game known to many children as 'telephone.' The information is exchanged and changed as it progresses from person to person. Reaching the end, having been mangled and manipulated along the way, it is no longer recognizable.

In the case of written reports, case files or documented testimony, 'have you heard' no longer applies. This is what makes Eric Pepin's suit against Sign of the Times - SOTT - so ridiculous. He says his pocketbook and reputation has been soured by a conversation on the SOTT forum. I think it is mainly his pocketbook and ego but you should go over and read the offending posts for your self.

At first this suit might look like a ploy for attention or attempt to increase traffic by Pepin. It is nothing of the sort. Indeed, it is a very serious threat to every single blogger, forum or writer on the net who dares to express an opinion. In the case of SOTT, the best objective news source on the net could be silenced.

It is, in fact, a threat to First Amendment rights.

Don't hide your head in the sand over this one. All it takes is one single precedent, just one brick, and the Wall will go up for everyone.

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