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Toto · 02-16-2013, 11:27 AM

More battles in the press: New York Times: Sacred Scrolls and Cybertrolls

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There is a saying about academia that the disputes are so vicious because the stakes are so low. In the case of Raphael Haim Golb, a son of a Dead Sea Scrolls scholar, the last few years have provided ample support for the first half of the saying. But the second half is less accurate.

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Between 2006 and 2009, he created more than 80 online aliases to advance his father’s views about the Dead Sea Scrolls against what he saw as a concerted effort to exclude them. Along the way, according to a jury and a panel of appellate court judges, he crossed from engaging in academic debate to committing a crime.

mountainman · 02-20-2013, 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Toto

More battles in the press: New York Times: Sacred Scrolls and Cybertrolls

Ronald Kuby, a lawyer for Raphael Golb, in the above article:

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Mr. Kuby added, “Cargill is probably a lot of fun to chat with, but he is more than capable of using his hurt puppy persona to manipulate the criminal justice system.”

Dr. Robert Cargill's reply:

Hurt Puppy is Actually a Jedi

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With his felony conviction, Mr. Golb was disbarred; the trial also consumed most of his mother’s savings, he said. The prospect of prison shook him from his bravado.

.... As he waited to learn if he would enter Rikers last week (he received a stay on Wednesday), he said, “All I can do is keep moving forward. I’m not sleeping well. It’s so ugly. There’s no need to read Kafka anymore. This is better.”

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