A 2 MILLION DOLLAR LAWSUIT AGAINST A BLOGGER?
November 13, 2007 2:23 PM   Subscribe

hoder gets slapped by a lawsuite sponsored by a neo-con think tank Mehdi Khalaji, an Iranian 'expert' at the Washington Institute for the Near East Policy (WINEP) has now officially filed a libel and defamation lawsuit against me in Canada and has claimed $2,000,000 damages. ŁŽQuite a modest champion of free speech, isn't he?

Why? Because I've been very critical about him serving the likes of Richard Perle, Paul Wolfowitz, James Woosley and the rest of those filthy warmongers at the Washington Institute for the Near East Policy (WINEP), which was established by and is strongly associated with the Israeli Lobby's in the United States, according to Mearsheimer and Walt. As a result, I have written that Khalaji, an advoacte of the economic warfare against Iran, is a traitor to his people and his country, as a result.
posted by sundaymag (12 comments total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: Weird quoting of a blog, too much outrage and opinion. Maybe wait until it's over and post about the aftermath? -- mathowie



 
Self link, typo-laden and all. Bye for now.
posted by rokusan at 2:28 PM on November 13, 2007


I think your blog is in the next tab over, dude.
posted by stenseng at 2:29 PM on November 13, 2007


A libel suit and a deleted FPP, shame shame.
posted by exogenous at 2:29 PM on November 13, 2007


Needs more caps.
posted by synaesthetichaze at 2:29 PM on November 13, 2007


I LOVE TO WRITE TITLES IN CAPS LOCK?
posted by blacklite at 2:29 PM on November 13, 2007


I think maybe this isn't a self-link, it just uses that always-confusing technique of unclear quoting.

And tags don't work like that.
posted by These Premises Are Alarmed at 2:31 PM on November 13, 2007


Also, how annoying is it when bloggers fight to be treated as serious journalists, but when held to the same standards as other writers, they retreat under "I'm just a blogger? A BLOGGER, for crying out loud! I'm not a real journalist!"

(Specific merits of this case, or lack thereof, notwithstanding.)
posted by rokusan at 2:32 PM on November 13, 2007


I don't think this is a self-link; as far as I can tell, he's just quoting the blog he's linked to.
posted by dersins at 2:32 PM on November 13, 2007




Lawsuite? Sweet!
posted by eyeballkid at 2:34 PM on November 13, 2007


This is actually also a dupe.

Also, how annoying is it when bloggers anyone fights to be treated as serious journalists X, but when held to the same standards as other writers, they retreat under "I'm just a blogger? A BLOGGER Y, for crying out loud! I'm not a real journalist!" X
posted by delmoi at 2:34 PM on November 13, 2007


hoder is also a MeFite.
posted by homunculus at 2:35 PM on November 13, 2007


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