{"id":831,"date":"2004-02-01T20:13:25","date_gmt":"2004-02-02T00:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thewormbook.com\/hlog\/?p=831"},"modified":"2004-02-01T20:13:25","modified_gmt":"2004-02-02T00:13:25","slug":"obscure-injoke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thewormbook.com\/hlog\/?p=831","title":{"rendered":"obscure injoke"},"content":{"rendered":"

The last really big row I saw on the Well<\/a> before I left was caused by a pompous imperialist American called Richard Bennett who also signed on his wife, [emendation: she was signed on before him] and used her account to spy on the women-only conferences in order to collect ammunition against his political opponents. I cannot begin to describe the hysterical meltdown this caused. After he was thrown off, he started his own blog<\/a>, and I was delighted to come across a quote from it today “unbalanced people, fanatical followers, extremists, and wackos. In my experience with Internet-enabled activism, these are the kind of people most attracted to online chat and email wars”<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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