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Originally Posted by Velcro_SP
The Mobileread site ownership should have some controls on the accusations and understand there is potential liability for libel if its admins get in on the act, or if Mobileread fails to pull-down unsubstantiated accusations on demand.
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"a phenomenon that I consider a sine qua non of a crank or a quack, namely an intolerance of criticism. Seemingly, whenever a quack or a crank encounters serious criticism, the first reaction is almost never to try to argue based on facts, reason, and science, but rather to try to silence the person doing the criticizing. The tactics are many and varied, but the end goal is always the same: Suppress the criticism by any means necessary."
http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/20...ion_in_the.php
(And I'd like to add a line of my own-- they aren't nearly as clever as they think they are.)
Taken from an unrelated topic, but still applies very well. Yours was the shillist of the shill sounding posts.