Posted by MickCollins. at wkstn4-85.lxr.georgetown.edu on April 03, 2000 at 15:32:48:
In Reply to: Re: It...is..accomplished. posted by Peter David on April 03, 2000 at 03:34:03:
: : If you were'nt bent out of shape, you would not be here, fraulein.
: Nope. Again, just curious, son. No more, and no less, than I said.::
I don't believe you. Curious does not fit the mentality. Curious is a cop-out. You don't walk into a biker bar with a "Leather is Murder" T-Shirt because you are curious as to the thoughts of the local Hell's Angels on the Leather industry, you want to provoke a reaction. That is why those guys in your Newsgroup repeatedly told you Kevin was bashing you and that is why you came here asking why. For a reaction, not for the inquisitve nature. You want an answer,if you were curious, the lack of answer so far would send you away. But you want an answer,so you keep showing up.
: You obviously care about what *I* have to say, because you keep replying to it.:::
I like upsetting you. Same reason Toddy McFarland(sp?) danced around in chicken feathers. You take yourself much too seriously,its fun pointing that out. And his movie sucked nuggets, too.
::So are you saying that what is acceptable for you to do is not acceptable to me? Or are you saying you don't care about what I have to say?:::
I don't care what you have to say because my intentions are known. From the first post I wanted to twist you around. And I succeed. If you had succeeded in your quest for an answer,you would have left. There is a difference between being curious and wanting an answer, you want an answer but cop-out and say its just curiosity. Waaayy north of this post,an Australian posted a shot at me and I responded in part. I did not E-Mail him and ask him why and say "I'm just curious". I did'nt give a shit about his intention. I don't care if he likes me. You are in an industry(Writers) were you will get ripped when you do good or bad. I find it funny that you are upset about what Kevin said. You should be used to criticism.
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In which case, you're replying to me based instead on curiosity or a sense of "challenge"...which means you're doing exactly what you contend that I'm not doing. :::
I'm replying to you for the same reason a Cat knocks around a ball of yarn. Because I have work to do,but I'm bored, so I play with my ball of string. Which is you,for now. If you stopped posting, I would not shed a tear. just find another ball of yarn,like the sheep-shagger north of here. Its nothing personal,people always take it that way.
: There was a time a year or so back where a fan posted a review about one of my books that was absolutely scathing. I read it, shrugged, thought, "Ah well. Better luck next time," and thought no more of it. A week passes. Same guy starts a new thread: "Peter David Doesn't Give a Crap About Fans." His reasoning? Because I *hadn't* published a rebuttal to his review, I obviously didn't care about the fans. So it's pretty much a damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don't situation.>>>
I agree with you initially. He wanted you to freak out and rip him a new asshole so he could say "Peter David hates his fans.". If you don't reply, he says "Peter David ignores his fans". Either way, the dude is bringing Anti-Pad baggage. I'm saying you are doing the same thing here. What you did before was right, ignore him. You respond to other questions on your group,so people know he is full of shit. I think what you are doing now just makes you look weak. You are bringing in your baggage,pushing it behind you and saying "I'm not going to Aruba, just curious as to which Plane flies there and when".
::Which is fine: I knew the job was dangerous when I took it. Sometimes I undertake replies, sometimes I don't. I'm a moody fellow. It depends on my mood.:::
Try some St.John's wort. Or Wart. Can't remember which.
: See above. Although I wouldn't say that I try to cover my insecurities. I wear my insecurities on my sleeve. Never made any bones about that.:::::::
You are covering them by saying you are "just curious". If you came in and asked "what the fuck is his problem with me?", that is wearing them on your sleeve. Doing the latter would provoke the explanation you want without the pussy-footing you are doing when you say you are "Just curious".
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I'm not egotistical; I'm just neurotic. Thing is, I am at least secure enough in myself that I can conduct a conversation without gratuitous insults. Can you?:::
Yeeeup. But, we must always be entertaining. Those "gratuitous insults" amuse the 9-year old in me. None of them are ment in spite. Alot of the people around here don't understand most of them. You think the average Mallrats fan understood my Enrico-drop from the 2nd or 3rd post? How do I know how you smell? If I wanted be gratuitous,I'd make it personal. Trust me, there is a depth of insults in the great pond of pissivity and I'm hitting the guppie level for amusement. People just take them seriously because I throw in curse words. I think you are taking this situation too seriously.
: PAD