On Thu, 5 Apr 2007, Matthew Brown wrote:
I'd also say that if he wishes to erase this scandal, he should pursue it with the local paper that printed the story, and such papers as the Village Voice that reprinted it. We are not the ones converting a rumor to permanent record here.
"Permanent record" is a relative term. The newspaper will exist permanently, but it won't be *prominent* permanently. It will eventually become something obscure that nobody cares about.
Unless of course we make the incident the permanent #1 hit on Google for their name.