Internet Warfare

I've been following this story for a few days now.

Um. I think there are two separate issues here. Firstly, if JAM got their facts wrong (and I'm inclined to believe that they did not) the legal notice has already been served, and presumably 'the law will take its course'. If/When JAM are proved innocent, Rashmi has a pretty good claim for a counter case, if they're still claiming that JAM were bribed into writing that article. In the meantime Rashmi is having to face abuse from semi coherent morons claiming to be from IIPM. Frankly I find it hard to believe that they don't see they're only hurting their own side. (I find it rather amusing that accusing her of being a lesbian is considered a form of attack, actually.) There isn't much she can do about those comments, other than delete them (and why should she? All they do is show up the complete lack of a legitimate argument the other side has) because, well, this is the internet and it's all about saying what you want to. I'm sorry she has to put up with this, but she's a big girl and she's someone I respect, and I'm sure she can manage.


The other issue, Gaurav's, is a lot more worrying to me. I can understand, to an extent, IIPM's fury over what was written in JAM, because it's a magazine, because it presented the story as fact, etc. But from what understand, Gaurav has been hounded because of his opinion on IIPM, and it's reached a point where he has actually quit his job. That's just ridiculous, and I can only hope that as many people join this particular 'war' as possible.