I know many of my flist have been following with increasing disbelief the saga of polgarawolf, who was discovered initially by dshael to have plagiarised, in a Jack, Nine and Rose fic on fanfiction.net, work by joolz, cherryice, lindenharp and dameruth. dshael reported polgarawolf to stop_plagiarism, and the original report is here.

And this is where the fun started. dshael, before she made the report, attempted to persuade polgarawolf  ( Read more... )

A brief return visit to the department of they don't make lawyers any more stupid than this for an update:

Andrew Shirvell has been fired.

With apparently no sense of irony, his lawyers are now complaining that he has been victimised and publicly pilloried. Sorry, what? I was laughing too loud over repeat playing of Shirvell's interview with Anderson ( Read more... )

If anyone hasn't yet heard the story of Andrew Shirvell, Assistant District Attorney of Michigan, and his online harassment of the gay president of student council at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, it makes fascinating reading. Fascinating, as in I can't believe that a grown, professional man is actually behaving like this - and believes ( Read more... )

"It would be a terrible mistake to destroy a 154-year-old building in order to build a monument to terrorism."

Poll Right. A mosque - a building used for prayer - is apparently 'a monument to terrorism'. Reading the CNN story on the subject, and the objections of those opposed to this, astounded me. Reading the comments below it sickened me.

Yes, those ( Read more... )

Link-hopping on the internet can occasionally lead to some very interesting places. It can also lead to very scary places - or lead one to stumble on the complete and utter batshit.

Take this, a comment posted via a feedback form to the IAmAnAtheist blog:

Beware: this post discusses rape in an offensive manner and could be triggery. Content under a ( Read more... )