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From the Small Brain-Dead Animals site. An apology mitigates damage - but it doesn't eliminate them.
In this case, the publication was global, instantaneous and profoundly malicious. They - McMillan, Shaidle, Levant, Steyn et al. - should retain counsel. But what do I know?
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Richard Warman update: required reading
IMPORTANT: Regarding my post of this past Sunday.
The FreeDominion post I read and linked to says: "the rest of what he [Richard Warman] wrote" and then quotes a highly incendiary racial screed.
This original post also quotes a sworn affidavit by an "expert technology witness":
"Based on the information provided in this affidavit, in my expert opinion, I concluded that the Freedomsite message board user accounts "90sAREover" and "lucy" are those of Richard Warman and that Richard Warman was the poster of the message headed "Cools don't belong in our Senate" posted September 5, 2003."
The couple behind FreeDominion and their lawyers obviously have profound confidence in this evidence, so much so that they published it on their website.
Other people received the same information and they too posted it on their sites that morning, using the exact words "Richard Warman wrote", the phrasing in the original FreeDominion statement. Which led me to post the story here, confidence being contagious, I suppose.
However, Small Dead Animals is not my site -- I am a guest here and as such, was obliged to mind my manners. I didn't. I apologize. I have no excuse and take full responsibility.
I HAVE EDITED MY ORIGINAL POST HERE to include the words "alleged" and "claimed" because, quite naturally, the information stated with such confidence in FreeDominion's original post is now being challenged and questioned by others.
This is an ongoing matter with accusations and evidence on both sides, and it was reckless of me to write about it here as if the matter was completely settled.
The bell cannot be unrung. However, I request that the many readers of Small Dead Animals take this addendum to heart and publicize it to the best of their ability, by posting a link to this update on their sites and even emailing it to anyone to whom they might have emailed the original links.
I invite other suggestions, along with your criticisms, in the comments below. No, I'm not being sarcastic. I deserve it.
Posted by KShaidle at 6:42 AM | Comments (3)
In this case, the publication was global, instantaneous and profoundly malicious. They - McMillan, Shaidle, Levant, Steyn et al. - should retain counsel. But what do I know?
Richard Warman update: required reading
IMPORTANT: Regarding my post of this past Sunday.
The FreeDominion post I read and linked to says: "the rest of what he [Richard Warman] wrote" and then quotes a highly incendiary racial screed.
This original post also quotes a sworn affidavit by an "expert technology witness":
"Based on the information provided in this affidavit, in my expert opinion, I concluded that the Freedomsite message board user accounts "90sAREover" and "lucy" are those of Richard Warman and that Richard Warman was the poster of the message headed "Cools don't belong in our Senate" posted September 5, 2003."
The couple behind FreeDominion and their lawyers obviously have profound confidence in this evidence, so much so that they published it on their website.
Other people received the same information and they too posted it on their sites that morning, using the exact words "Richard Warman wrote", the phrasing in the original FreeDominion statement. Which led me to post the story here, confidence being contagious, I suppose.
However, Small Dead Animals is not my site -- I am a guest here and as such, was obliged to mind my manners. I didn't. I apologize. I have no excuse and take full responsibility.
I HAVE EDITED MY ORIGINAL POST HERE to include the words "alleged" and "claimed" because, quite naturally, the information stated with such confidence in FreeDominion's original post is now being challenged and questioned by others.
This is an ongoing matter with accusations and evidence on both sides, and it was reckless of me to write about it here as if the matter was completely settled.
The bell cannot be unrung. However, I request that the many readers of Small Dead Animals take this addendum to heart and publicize it to the best of their ability, by posting a link to this update on their sites and even emailing it to anyone to whom they might have emailed the original links.
I invite other suggestions, along with your criticisms, in the comments below. No, I'm not being sarcastic. I deserve it.
Posted by KShaidle at 6:42 AM | Comments (3)