Posted by DRD #37 at adsl-158-58-93.asm.bellsouth.net on June 02, 2003 at 14:44:12:
In Reply to: the truth about My "racist" post last friday posted by innerinsanity666 on June 02, 2003 at 13:43:38:
: Ok, For some reason, I recived alot of e-mail concerning my last post, the inner workings.....raving like mad...http://www.viewaskew.com/newboard/messages484/1835.html
: I decided that instead of replying to each individual e-mail, id just post a response.
: For the record, the rant in question was stolen word for word from the Edward Norton Film 25th hour, the only original part was about my father and the aisan porn stars. I am neither racist or prejudice. The post in question was (to my knowalage) an obvious rip off and I was shocked that only one person recognized it from 25th hour. the only part I meant was the part about my sleazy father, and thats all truth.
Okay, up until this point, I'm totally with you. I'm expecting a small apology (even if you don't really mean it) or at least an explanation that you should have put a disclaimer on your post telling those who read it that the speech was from the film "25th Hour".
:You people need to start watching more movies, or something. This is a movie Board right? So obviousley this is the place to post it.
No, this is a View Askew movie board. Just because we've seen "Clerks" and the "Star Wars" trilogy doesn't mean we've seen every fucking film ever made, even if they are Edward Norton-quality flicks.
:And to all you Dumb Fucks out there that called me a Racist...Fuck You, its not my fault that you are a miserablr peice of shit that hasent seen 25th hour...so go die somewhere or Wake up...its your choice.
Though I agree that people shouldn't rush to judgment like that based on your rant, I strongly disagree with you calling them "dumb fucks" and telling them to die simply based on the fact that they hadn't seen "25th Hour" and called you racist. If every person who rushed to judgment on me based on something I said that I didn't even really mean died, then the world would be one empty fucking place.
The least, innerinsanity666, that you could have done is put a disclaimer before your rant to allow those who hadn't seen the film know that you were quoting Edward Norton's character in "25th Hour". And if you didn't do that and caught shit for it, then the simplest thing to do would be to explain what you said before. I mean, Jesus, man, what the fuck were you expecting people to say after your rant? "I feel your pain" and "I'm so terribly sorry". It's one thing to rant on a message board (though I do think a better place to do it would be a weblog), but it's quite another to quote somebody without giving them credit, tack on your own ending, and assume everyone knows that you're quoting somebody just because you've seen a movie and think everyone else worth the air they breathe should see it too.