When blog commenters attack

The U.S. Transportation Security Agency has a new blog called "Evolution of Security." Its first post attracted 422 comments, many of them quite hostile, before the moderators cried uncle. Number of times the word "shoes" appears in the comments: 138.

The U.S. Transportation Security Agency has a new blog called "Evolution of Security." Its first post attracted 422 comments, many of them quite hostile, before the moderators cried uncle. Number of times the word "shoes" appears in the comments: 138.

The U.S. Transportation Security Agency has a new blog called "Evolution of Security." Its first post attracted 422 comments, many of them quite hostile, before the moderators cried uncle. Number of times the word "shoes" appears in the comments: 138.

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