What Would Alexis de Tocqueville Do?
To paraphrase Lincoln: You can’t fool all of the people all of the time; but a plurality, most of the time, is good enough. For the last couple of weeks, every time there is a major story, someone attacks Groklaw, placing scores of offensive pornographic links as comments on old stories. When they all got removed the first time, next they interspersed tech words with the porn, hoping to get past our filters, I suppose. They seem to use a bot, so it does affect us. I didn’t put it out as a press release and imply or accuse SCO or AdTI of doing it, even though it is certainly possible, because … well, because folks in the free world don’t do such things. We are not in the business of trying to destroy anyone or ruin their good name with implications without proof. If I ever get proof, I’ll tell the world, naturally. But I don’t call press conferences on a hunch, even though I have one. [Groklaw] [link added] There’s a free-market hit-tank called the Alexis de Tocqueville Institute, tha
