Jumping off points into deeper thinking

Infact, ah post on blogging that turns to a rant about broadband in the comments and then turns back to blogging. 68 comments so far. Lets see can we bump it to 100 or 200.

Via the ENN blog is a Times piece about a woman being successfully sued for libel over anonymous comments on a message board. ENN seems to think it is a threat to free speech but I’m more interested in the fact that the website itself was not sued for libel. I’d love to see what Simon and TJ have to say about this. Is Boards.ie safe?

Via Kottke In the last two years, 83% of the pieces about abortion on the NY Times op-ed page have been written by men.

Tully Satre is not invisible. His rights and of those he represents won’t remain invisible forever. Well done Tully. Quite an inpiration for young people.

3 Responses to “Jumping off points into deeper thinking”

  1. Suzy says:

    As the owner of a website which hosts a forum I too am very interested in the fact the owner was not sued in the case in UK. Interested and a tad worried…

  2. Simon McGarr says:

    I left all my best thoughts on the