Over the wire or under the wig – ex parte Part 3
It’s easy for comments intended to influence judicial opinion to go unnoticed in an environment unfavorable to Scruggs – and the way that unfavorable environment is created is the control the opinion leader has over the words of others. On Rossmiller’s blog he is the undisputed opinion leader. On Y’all and folo the leadership varies according to the issue and at times the role is held by a commenter and not a moderator.
It’s also easy for comments to sound like earwigging when they’re actually the wishful – and typically vengeful – thinking of the commenter.
Issues of free speech are never easy. I even briefly considered adding a text box on the sidebar of slabbed that said, “Read at you own risk” in case a judge drops by.
I gave a lot more thought to what I didn’t include; but, the pleas determined the outcome of US v Scruggs – and it’s best to leave that parte behind and shift focus.
There are other Scruggs-related cases with a yet-to-be-determined outcome and a history of comments including some that if not an ear-wig can only be a toupee.
With appreciation to all who blog in the interest of justice for all – nowdy
btw, Mark Twain has the benediction.
There are 869 different forms of lying, but only one of them has been squarely forbidden. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
Slabbed
4/28/8
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