Posted by Peter David at spider-te042.proxy.aol.com on April 02, 2000 at 04:17:45:
In Reply to: Express yo'self. posted by MickCollins. on April 02, 2000 at 03:17:18:
: Ice Cube, is not for the pop-charts,so where should a brotha like me start?>>
Civility might be nice. Common courtesy. Accuracy. Those would help. I'm not entirely sure why you feel I am not entitled to those simple things.
: : : : Peter David has been speculating on his Usenet board as to why, but claims to have no real notion.:::
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: : A hypocrite is someone who says one thing and does another. Would you mind explaining how the fact that most of my films never played theatrically, or that I've written Young Adult books, has anything to do with any sort of hypocrisy? >>>>>>>
: Weeeelll,ripping the ability of Hollywood writers to write comicbooks and then,being a comic book writer who writes shitty movies, would fit the bill,sport. >>
: If dat's the fact,jack,then I heard wrong .
Yes, you did, and that's the other thing I'm curious about: Where did you hear it from? You see, I've said repeatedly, publicly, that I'm a fan of Kevin's work. Never said a harsh thing about him. Kevin has attacked my work, and me, repeatedly, yes, but not vice versa, and it's been going on since 1997. Five years of this is enough, so I'm finally going into the trenches to investigate where this vituperation is coming from. And I find you, with the personal insults and misinformation, and nothing much beyond that. Which leaves me wondering, again...why? You dislike me because you dislike me? A tautology. Interesting, but a tautology. Which still begs the question: Where did you hear the fact, jack?
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: : Really. You're saying that the producers of Star Trek think their fan base is losers? That seems a rather ungrateful way to treat those people to whom the producers owe their jobs. >>>>>
: Yes. That is why the joke works. Because Trekkies suck THAT much. Come now, if this is really Peter David,he would not have needed to explain that part. Work with me here,people.<
Ah, but you see: You're interspersing "facts" with your "jokes," and it's difficult to distinguish the two. I *am* trying to work with you. I'm trying to understand this remarkable need to insult and slam, predicated on nothing more than misperception. Work with *me*. Explain yourself, sir...because so far, you're not really succeeding.
: : As for your last statement...
: : Kid. You don't know me. You know nothing about me. You've made me out to be something in your head that I simply am not, and that's a shame. Because it says far more about you than it does about me.:::::
: Dude, I never gave you a second thought to you after I wrote that post.<
Really. If I tossed misinformation out so recklessly, I'd sure be giving it a second thought. Why doesn't it give you pause?
If you did not say smack about Smith,then let it go.<
Have been, for five years. But at this point, with people now asking me all over again (thanks to the "Clerks" TPB release) and continuing to quote Kevin's remarks at me, I figured I'd give a whirl at asking since it's not going away by itself.
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