{"id":5056,"date":"2004-10-07T11:03:12","date_gmt":"2004-10-07T15:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2004\/10\/07\/thud-in-the-night\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:58:22","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:58:22","slug":"thud-in-the-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/10\/07\/thud-in-the-night\/","title":{"rendered":"thud in the night"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a name='a2437'><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/leafgray.gif\" alt=\"leaf gray\" \/><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><FONT face=\"Arial\"><FONT size=\"2\">&nbsp;<FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\">&nbsp;drowned moth<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">the wax hardens<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;around it<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"1\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"1\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; harvest moon<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"1\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">the thud of falling apples<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"1\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; in the night<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\">&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><IMG height=\"58\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/presentsofmind.jpg\" width=\"36\" border=\"0\"> from <A href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/tg\/detail\/-\/0963855182\/qid=1086715301\/sr=1-3\/ref=sr_1_3\/102-4810311-4254502?v=glance&amp;s=books\"><EM><STRONG><FONT color=\"#000000\">Presents of Mind<\/FONT><\/STRONG><\/EM><\/A>, haiku and illustrations by <A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2003\/12\/16#a389\"><FONT color=\"#ff0000\"><STRONG>Jim Kacian<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/A> <\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\">(Katsura\/<A href=\"http:\/\/www.haikuworld.org\/books\/redmoon\/redmoonbooks.html\"><STRONG><FONT color=\"#000000\">Red Moon<\/FONT><\/STRONG><\/A>&nbsp;Press, 1996).<\/DIV><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><br \/>\n<UL><br \/>\n<LI><br \/>\n<DIV align=\"left\"><FONT><SPAN><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><EM>by&nbsp;<STRONG><A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/stories\/storyReader$379\"><FONT color=\"red\">dagosan<\/FONT><\/A><\/STRONG><FONT color=\"black\">:<\/FONT><\/EM><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/FONT><FONT><SPAN><\/DIV><\/LI><\/UL><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><FONT size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">waking too late<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\">to see the dawn<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\">&#8211; he pencils-in sunset<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT><\/DIV><EM>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <FONT size=\"1\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><FONT>[Oct. 7, 2004]<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/EM><\/DIV><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\">&nbsp;<\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/SPAN><\/FONT><FONT face=\"Arial\"><\/DIV><\/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><A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/06\/27#a1700\"><FONT color=\"black\" size=\"2\"><EM>one-breath&nbsp;pundit<\/EM><\/FONT><\/A><EM><FONT size=\"2\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/FONT><\/EM><\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P><br \/>\n<P dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT size=\"2\"><\/FONT><br \/>\n<P dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><br \/>\n<UL><br \/>\n<UL><br \/>\n<LI><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">The discussion at <A href=\"http:\/\/www.legalunderground.com\/2004\/10\/tort_reform_two.html\">Evan Schaeffer&#8217;s weblog<\/A> on Tort Reform leaves citizens with<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">no financial or ideological stake scratching their heads.&nbsp;&nbsp; How do we get enough<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">good statistics &#8212; and good faith &#8212; to make good policy?<\/FONT><\/FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp; <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/DIV><br \/>\n<LI><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><br \/>\n<DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">At <EM>D&amp;E<\/EM>, George <A href=\"http:\/\/declarationsandexclusions.typepad.com\/weblog\/2004\/10\/debate_notes_di.html\">Wallace wonders<\/A> what Edwards meant about stopping frivolous suits.<\/FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/LI><\/UL><\/UL><\/FONT><br \/>\n<UL><br \/>\n<UL><br \/>\n<LI><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">Linking 20 times in one post to <EM><A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/resources\"><FONT color=\"black\">ethicalEsq<\/FONT><\/A><\/EM>, <EM>Constant&#8217;s pations<\/EM> <FONT color=\"black\"><A href=\"http:\/\/constantpated.blogspot.com\/2004\/10\/cnn-lawyers-back-down-after-material.html\">recommends federalization<\/A><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">of legal licensing and discipline.&nbsp; That won&#8217;t ever happen, given the many fiefdoms involved,<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">and it might make things worse.&nbsp; Let&#8217;s start vigorously enforcing the rules already in place.<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/FONT><br \/>\n<UL><br \/>\n<LI><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\">I have no idea what a <A href=\"http:\/\/www.onelook.com\/?w=pation&amp;ls=a\">pation<\/A> is nor who Constant is.<\/FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/LI><\/UL><\/LI><\/UL><\/UL><\/FONT><br \/>\n<UL><br \/>\n<UL><br \/>\n<LI><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">Cybersquatting as political activism?&nbsp; <A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/palfrey\/2004\/10\/06#a692\">John Palfrey<\/A> collects links to weblogs discussing the<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">issue.<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/FONT><\/LI><\/UL><\/UL><br \/>\n<P><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/leafred.gif\" alt=\"leaf red\" \/><\/P><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;drowned moth the wax hardens &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;around it &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; harvest moon the thud of falling apples &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; in the night &nbsp; &nbsp; from Presents of Mind, haiku and illustrations by Jim Kacian (Katsura\/Red Moon&nbsp;Press, 1996). &nbsp; by&nbsp;dagosan: waking too late to see the dawn &#8211; he pencils-in sunset &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [Oct. 7, 2004] &nbsp; one-breath&nbsp;pundit&nbsp;&nbsp; [&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-5056","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-1jy","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5056","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=5056"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5056\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13591,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5056\/revisions\/13591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}