Re: PHILIP ZIMMERMAN ARRESTED [NOT!]

Stewart Brand writes:

The Zimmerman prank---I'm sure not funny for him---hardens my line further against anonymity online. At its best, as here, it is an unholy nuisance.

Thanks for posting the correction, John. I'm moderating a panel with Zimmerman later this week, and would have been confused.

I once read a story in the newspaper about a popular mayor who, it was reported, died in a massage parlor. I didn't realize that it was a prank for some time. I felt sheepish. Should we monitor newspapers? I don't think so. Healthy skepticism of random messages on the net is a better way to solve this problem. Is this really Stewart Brand? Peter