Eugene Volokh has a good laugh at the expense of an upstate New York publication called the North Country Gazette (Oct. 23 and 25). More: I should have made clear that it was David Giacalone who noticed the Gazette’s unusual policy and called it to the attention of the blogosphere; he has subsequently found himself drawn into a dispute with Gazette proprietor June Maxam. More: Carolyn Elefant, Typical Joe, and PhDiva (here, here and here).
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The person who is laughing is Maxam. I understand the lawsuit is underway
Really ? I have not heard from her. Unless she’s the one who left comments - but I very much doubt that an editor would leave badly written anonymous comments, so assume it’s someone else.
Wouldn’t it be interesting to know the IP address from which “Inky” commented? And to compare it to that of Dorothy’s commenter?
I think someone at another blog said he’d tried it. The result was no surprise.