{"id":4969,"date":"2004-08-24T16:32:13","date_gmt":"2004-08-24T20:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2004\/08\/24\/we-was-robbed\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:58:30","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:58:30","slug":"we-was-robbed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/08\/24\/we-was-robbed\/","title":{"rendered":"we was robbed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a name='a2009'><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<P>&nbsp;<\/P><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<P><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/Scream4more.gif\" alt=\"scream4more\" \/>&nbsp;<FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"> . . .&nbsp; politics aside, <\/FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><A href=\"http:\/\/americablog.blogspot.com\/archives\/2004_08_22_americablog_archive.html#109329671124593803\">this<\/A><\/FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"> is brilliant fun.&nbsp; thank you John Aravosis at&nbsp;<\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/americablog.blogspot.com\/\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">AmericaBlog<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">.<\/FONT><\/P><br \/>\n<P align=\"center\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"1\">(thanks to <A href=\"http:\/\/declarationsandexclusions.typepad.com\/foolblog\/2004\/08\/attack_of_the_f.html\">Fool in the Forest<\/A>&nbsp; for a great <STRONG>Munch<\/STRONG> post &amp; <A href=\"http:\/\/futurballa.blogspot.com\/\">Futurballa<\/A>&#8216;s Rick Coencas&nbsp;for the pointer)&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/FONT><\/P><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<P dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\">&nbsp;<\/P><br \/>\n<P dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\">&nbsp;<\/P><br \/>\n<P dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\"><EM>broken plum branch&#8211;<BR>&#8220;They&#8217;ve stolen another one!&#8221;<BR>he yells<\/EM><\/FONT><\/P><br \/>\n<P dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><SPAN><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\">from <\/FONT><\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/webusers.xula.edu\/dlanoue\/issa\/index.html\"><STRONG><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"#42aac8\" size=\"1\">Kobayashi Issa<\/FONT><\/STRONG><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\">, <\/FONT><\/SPAN><SPAN><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\">translated by <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/06\/03#a1610\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"#ff0000\" size=\"1\"><STRONG>David G. Lanoue<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><FONT size=\"1\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<SPAN><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><FONT face=\"Verdana\"> <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P><br \/>\n<P dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><SPAN><SPAN><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><FONT size=\"2\"><FONT color=\"red\"><STRONG><EM>p.s.<\/EM><\/STRONG><\/FONT>&nbsp; First it was <\/FONT><\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/08\/22#a1999\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">Referer Madness<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">, now it FaganFinder&#8217;s <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.faganfinder.com\/urlinfo\/\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">URL Info<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">.&nbsp; Thanks a <EM>lot<\/EM>, <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.denniskennedy.com\/archives\/cat_legal_technology.html#000455\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">Dennis<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">.&nbsp; <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/ooh.gif\" alt=\"ooh\" \/><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P><SPAN><SPAN><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<P dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Arial\"><SPAN><SPAN><FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><STRONG>&nbsp;<A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/06\/27#a1700\"><FONT color=\"black\"><EM>one-breath&nbsp;pundit<\/EM><\/FONT><\/A><EM>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/EM><\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P><br \/>\n<UL><br \/>\n<UL><br \/>\n<LI><br \/>\n<DIV style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><SPAN><SPAN><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><EM><FONT color=\"red\"><STRONG><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/ProfGrace.gif\" alt=\"Prof Grace\" \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/STRONG><\/FONT> <\/EM><SPAN><SPAN><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">Prof. <A href=\"http:\/\/xeff.gsu.edu\/\">Martin Grace<\/A> seems too smart to be&nbsp;<A href=\"http:\/\/xeff.gsu.edu\/mt\/archives\/cat_tort_reform.html#000313\"><EM>so wrong<\/EM><\/A> about <STRONG>antitrust <\/STRONG>law and the <STRONG>McCarran-<\/STRONG><STRONG>Ferguson Act.<\/STRONG>&nbsp; Is this&nbsp;a studied&nbsp;ignorance?&nbsp; No objective antitrust expert believes antitrust would&nbsp;<EM>prevent<\/EM> insurers from sharing loss data.&nbsp; (See my extensive Comments <A href=\"http:\/\/declarationsandexclusions.typepad.com\/weblog\/2004\/08\/who_you_gonna_c.html\">here<\/A>.)<\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV><br \/>\n<UL><br \/>\n<LI><br \/>\n<DIV style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><SPAN><SPAN><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><SPAN><SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><SPAN><SPAN><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><SPAN><SPAN><SPAN><SPAN><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">Which reminds me: why do so many &#8220;right-minded&#8221; law professors have no Comment function on their weblogs?&nbsp; <\/FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">For the same reason they fight so many straw men?&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV><\/LI><\/UL><SPAN><SPAN><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><SPAN><SPAN><SPAN><SPAN><br \/>\n<LI><br \/>\n<DIV style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><SPAN><SPAN><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><EM><STRONG><FONT color=\"#ff0000\">Update<\/FONT><\/STRONG> (Aug. 25, 2004):&nbsp;<\/EM>Prof. Grace has a graceful reply, agreeing with my antitrust analysis, at his weblog today, headlined <A href=\"http:\/\/xeff.gsu.edu\/mt\/archives\/cat_tort_reform.html#000322\">Studied Ignorance<\/A>, and dubbing&nbsp;<EM>f\/k\/a<\/EM> &nbsp;his &#8220;first critic!&#8221;&nbsp;&nbsp; This raises a <EM>bigger <\/EM>question: How can someone so [er] &#8220;<A href=\"http:\/\/xeff.gsu.edu\/\">eminent<\/A>&#8221; avoid criticism for so long (besides turning off Comments)?&nbsp;&nbsp; Maybe the Strawmen have a theory.&nbsp; See additional explanatory comments on data collection and antitrust by me <A href=\"http:\/\/declarationsandexclusions.typepad.com\/weblog\/2004\/08\/who_you_gonna_c.html\">here<\/A> and <A href=\"http:\/\/declarationsandexclusions.typepad.com\/weblog\/2004\/08\/a_tort_et_a_tra.html\">there<\/A>.<\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV><br \/>\n<LI><br \/>\n<DIV style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><SPAN><SPAN><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><FONT face=\"Arial\"><SPAN><SPAN><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><SPAN><SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><EM><STRONG><FONT color=\"#ff0000\">Update II<\/FONT><\/STRONG>&nbsp;(Aug. 26, 2004):&nbsp; <\/EM>This tri-alogue (<A href=\"http:\/\/declarationsandexclusions.typepad.com\/weblog\/2004\/08\/regulating_regu.html\">Wallace<\/A>, <A href=\"http:\/\/xeff.gsu.edu\/mt\/archives\/cat_tort_reform.html#000326\">Grace<\/A> and Giacalone &#8212; with a dash of <A href=\"http:\/\/www.overlawyered.com\/archives\/001462.html\">Olson<\/A>&nbsp;and <A href=\"http:\/\/www.pointoflaw.com\/archives\/000462.php\">Copland<\/A>) continued today, with Wallace and Grace shifting their arguments a bit, but still being outflanked by Giacalone (really).&nbsp; Check out the new Comments <A href=\"http:\/\/declarationsandexclusions.typepad.com\/weblog\/2004\/08\/a_tort_et_a_tra.html\">here<\/A> and <A href=\"http:\/\/declarationsandexclusions.typepad.com\/weblog\/2004\/08\/regulating_regu.html\">here<\/A>.&nbsp; Giacalone accuses Grace of <EM><STRONG><A href=\"http:\/\/declarationsandexclusions.typepad.com\/weblog\/2004\/08\/a_tort_et_a_tra.html\">FAFOFA<\/A><\/STRONG><\/EM> &#8212; Falsely Accusing Foes Of False Accusations.<\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV><\/LI><\/UL><\/UL><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><br \/>\n<P dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><SPAN><FONT size=\"1\"><SPAN>&nbsp;<\/P><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; . . .&nbsp; politics aside, this is brilliant fun.&nbsp; thank you John Aravosis at&nbsp;AmericaBlog. (thanks to Fool in the Forest&nbsp; for a great Munch post &amp; Futurballa&#8216;s Rick Coencas&nbsp;for the pointer)&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; broken plum branch&#8211;&#8220;They&#8217;ve stolen another one!&#8221;he yells from Kobayashi Issa, translated by David G. Lanoue&nbsp;&nbsp; p.s.&nbsp; First it was Referer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":94,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2926],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pre-06-2006"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6kP1R-1i9","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/94"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4969"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13663,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4969\/revisions\/13663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}