An illustration of why I reserved my own name on Twitter

By James Fallows
On the "you gotta draw the line somewhere" principle, I have not yet gone so far as actually to send out a Tweet. But about a year ago I reserved my own name on Twitter. Here is a concise reminder of why that can be a prudent step:

http://twitter.com/scalia

ScaliaTwitter.png

Yes, yes, I realize that this is disrespectful, profane, NSFW, possibly injurious to the judiciary, and so on. But it is pretty funny. Someone already has "Alito."

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http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2010/02/an-illustration-of-why-i-reserved-my-own-name-on-twitter/35098/