[Peace-discuss] Carl's article

[C. G. Estabrook]

Naturally I'd want legal fees (and lunch money) in addition to damages, 
Chuck.

As to your tired monitor -- do you think that the frequent full-color 
pictures would have anything to do with it?

I've copied this correspondence to the peace-discuss list because the 
Public i is, sadly, one of the few "progressive" print mediums around; 
it's partially funded by AWARE, the sponsor of this list; and its 
procedures should be known, particularly when they involve covert 
political positions.  --CGE


Chuck Minne wrote:
> And what would Carl's damages have been? Probably not more than 1/1,000 
> of his legal fee, if that. Certainly not more than the wear and tare 
> damage to my monitor that showing his numerous posts on the subject has 
> caused.
> 
> */Bob Illyes <illyes at uiuc.edu>/* wrote:
> 
>     It is extremely improbable that the Public i we will publish Carl
>     if he continues to threaten to sue us if we change one word of his
>     article. We routinely make minor changes during proofing, and even
>     reword things when there's consensus that the author did not mean
>     to say what s/he wrote (this usually this comes up when a sentence
>     doesn't make sense as written).
> 
>     This confrontation is completely bizarre. I thought Carl's article
>     was good, but that the paragraph on Clinton needed more explanation
>     if it were to be included. I was waiting for other opinions before
>     talking to Carl when I received the threat to sue. I was finishing
>     the editing because Brian, who had been editing the article, asked
>     me to.
> 
>     Bob