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All the other "Charlie Foxtrots" (btw, wtf?) that he's perpetrated up until now, he doesn't have to live with those? How many inflammatory fuckups does a perso

All the other "Charlie Foxtrots" (btw, wtf?) that he's perpetrated up until now, he doesn't have to live with those? How many inflammatory fuckups does a person get to commit before its fair game to point out that they're a jackass?

jgrahamc 17y ago
Charlie Foxtrot is phonetic speak for CF which is sometimes used to mean cluster fuck.
DanielBMarkham 17y ago
I believe that's for you to answer, since you're the one calling him one. What's your number? Three? Four? Guy might end up losing his job and being a mockery the rest of his life and all you've got to offer is to pile on? What is this, kindergarten?
- davidw 17y ago
  Wasn't he one of the 'journalists' who bought into the SCO vs Linux thing? One way to not risk your job and reputation is to be very careful prior to publishing lies about people in widely circulated publications.
  - DanielBMarkham 17y ago
    I think the followup to this story -- the impact on blogging, relationship of a columnist as a reporter, the degree of fact-checking needed before publishing, what, if anything happens to Dvorak -- is going to be much more interesting than the story itself.
    - scott_s 17y ago
      I think that would be great if it happened, but I don't think it will.
- calambrac 17y ago
  Wow, you really think he might lose his job over this? I hadn't even really allowed myself to dream such a thing. That would be peaches, though. Let's be clear: Dvorak isn't just some guy, he's a professional troll. We're not picking him out of obscurity and pantsing him in front of his classmates. He chooses to be a writer, to push people's buttons, to publish inflammatory material without doing any kind of research. If he loses his job, it'll only be because this is somehow the first time he's actually crossed the line into libel, and if he's a mockery for the rest of his life, he's in the same state he was a week ago, except now maybe some political junkies are in on it, too.

jgrahamc 17y ago

Charlie Foxtrot is phonetic speak for CF which is sometimes used to mean cluster fuck.

DanielBMarkham 17y ago

I believe that's for you to answer, since you're the one calling him one. What's your number? Three? Four? Guy might end up losing his job and being a mockery the rest of his life and all you've got to offer is to pile on? What is this, kindergarten?

davidw 17y ago
Wasn't he one of the 'journalists' who bought into the SCO vs Linux thing? One way to not risk your job and reputation is to be very careful prior to publishing lies about people in widely circulated publications.
- DanielBMarkham 17y ago
  I think the followup to this story -- the impact on blogging, relationship of a columnist as a reporter, the degree of fact-checking needed before publishing, what, if anything happens to Dvorak -- is going to be much more interesting than the story itself.
  - scott_s 17y ago
    I think that would be great if it happened, but I don't think it will.
calambrac 17y ago
Wow, you really think he might lose his job over this? I hadn't even really allowed myself to dream such a thing. That would be peaches, though. Let's be clear: Dvorak isn't just some guy, he's a professional troll. We're not picking him out of obscurity and pantsing him in front of his classmates. He chooses to be a writer, to push people's buttons, to publish inflammatory material without doing any kind of research. If he loses his job, it'll only be because this is somehow the first time he's actually crossed the line into libel, and if he's a mockery for the rest of his life, he's in the same state he was a week ago, except now maybe some political junkies are in on it, too.