The Courier's apology printed today in "letters" is adequate. Unanswered of course is why a letter that obviously would have been recognized as libelous if proper vetting had been done was ever permitted to be printed. The paper's cupability can not be ignored.
Regarding the change in the letter in the on-line edition. The plus is that all libelous reference to me has been expunged from the Internet. The negative is that the original damage existed and can not be erased from the minds of his fellow travellers. On the other hand the change compromises the integrity of the paper.
There exists a major problem in the on-line papers' open comments relating to published letters. While I am against censorship, there is often an abuse of free speech by the commentators that make this feature a cesspool for anonymous egotistic recreants.
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