[WikiEN-l] RE: Corrected

Fri May 13 07:25:50 UTC 2005

geni said:
>> Perhaps more realistically, we want to be so credible and widely used
>> that merely publishing the C&D letter on the main page will cause the
>> foolhardy company to get deluged with hate mail and
>> backpedal within 24 hours, disavowing any knowledge of the law
>> firm that sent the letter. We've shown we can raise thousands of
>> dollars within a few days just by asking; that's a reservoir of
>> good will that can help us deal with a wide variety of threats.
>
>
> I would suggest against any form of vigilantism. Apart from anything
> else sooner or latter you run into someone who doesn't care. Then you
> are in real trouble.

Indeed. The first sniff of endorsement of that kind of thuggery and I'll
be gone, for one.