Never pick a fight with someone who buys ink by the barrel

Posted by Dennis on February 22, 2005

Does anyone know the origin of this saying?
I work for a newspaper in the Philippines and I heard the saying when our then-president Estrada organized a boycott of the Philippine Daily Inquirer because it wrote unflattering stories about him.
Estrada was kicked out of office in 2001.

• Never pick a fight with someone who buys ink by the barrel ESC 22/February/05
  • Never pick a fight with someone who buys ink by the barrel David FG 22/February/05
    • Never pick a fight with someone who buys ink by the barrel Serge Liberman 22/February/05
      • Ink by the barrel ESC 22/February/05
        • Ink by the barrel/ recent use SR 23/February/05