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Comment What will this do for Fuzzy? (Score 1) 267

Suing over libel on the internet is not a sign of intelligence. Famous people deal with this all the time, and the bright ones ignore it. Wiki articles are what they are: the opinions of posters. They remove such libel if anyone thinks it's worth removing. Evidently this libel was posted for over a month before anyone cared enough to correct it. This may say a lot about Fuzzy or even more about Fuzzy'a fans, or ever even more about Wikipedia. What this will get for Fuzzy is a lot of bad publicity. People will dig up all the questionable statements he has ever made, including the racist ones. The golfing industry sponsors won't like that. His fans will get too much information. It might even kill his career on the circuit. He may end up on a third-rate course somewhere in Florida as the "local golf pro," which translates as "Has-Been." Maybe his case will serve as an example to other famous people: get a thicker skin or laugh it off, after all, it was just some idiot on the net.

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