On the Internet, even advocating a perfectly good idea can cost you; maybe not money, but certainly your sense of security in advocating that idea. This is especially true in the case of skepticism-oriented blogs when dealing with litigation-happy individuals who don't like having their suspect ideas questioned in public. Orac at Respectful Insolence has recently authored a series of articles on attempts by, er, "alternative cancer therapy" physician (read: probable q**ck) Stanislaw Burzynski and his lawsuit-threatening email goon Marc Stephens to silence Andy Lewis of Quackometer; the articles are far too detailed for me to quote at length here, but you can find them at Insolence or (if you're interested in reading them right now) in four easy pieces (namely, 1, 2, 3 and 4).
(UPDATE: Quackometer itself is currently down as of 6:28 CST; whether this has anything to with the Burzynski/Stephens case is strictly left up to the morbid curiosity of the reader.)
(Also at WTTFTG).
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