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Thursday, January 13th, 2011
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| 3:04p | No proper way to make a witty headline about this I thought about posting this to FandomWank, but in no way is this funny, so this seems like the more appropriate location. So I am sure that everyone here is aware of the tragedy that occured down in Tucson on Saturday. If anyone needs a refresher, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Tucson Horrible. Really no other words for it. But Travis Corcoran, from online comic shop Heavy Ink, seems to have a different spin on it. http://tjic.com/?p=19638 Yup, according to him, the shame is that the gun-man didn't have better aim. Some people even support his position, because of course all is fair in ridding yourself of a Communist-politician...or something like that. So this being the interwebs, of course this gets out. I mean, he posted it intentionally to get out. "@tjic, you have my pity. May you grow a soul someday, because you are desperately in need of one." -- Gail Simone. "I'd like to ask that you... @tjic & your store @heavyink stop carrying my creator-owned work. I respect your right to an opinion, but am not personally comfortable doing business with someone who advocates violence against people they disagree with. I certainly have no power to speak for my publishers and employers, but as an individual creator, I hope you'll respect this request." -- Nick Spencer "I can't stop someone selling my books, but please don't buy them from Heavy Ink." -- Paul Cornell more of the story can be found here http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/01/10/h and http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/201 and some feedback at http://www.bleedingcool.com/forums/showt There is an odd post which seems like it is referring to a manefesto of his beliefs, but actually it appears to be a bit of back-pedalling in responce to the whole outrage http://tjic.com/?p=19751 . His answer on "step 5" is interesting in being both unapologetic and weasely at the same time. I am waiting to see what happens next... Current Mood: OMGWTF |
| 8:16p | The sequel to the latest Snapewank Remember the latest Snapewank? In the wake of it ![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} sylvanawood came to ravenstar84's LJ and made really special comments:( Read more ) If you want to know what "well-written fanfic" sylvanawood is talking about, look at those links:A bucketful of Snapewank Harmonian wank with a Snapewank chaser. ravenstar84 pointed out that the comments made by mary_j_59 and totalreadr were problematic. sylvanawood agreed that totalreadr's comment crossed the line and posted an apology, but an imperfect one:sylvanawood The post from which the following quote originates, has been removed because it is offensive. But since I don't like for difficult topics to be swept under the carpet, I've been opening this thread. I remind you that this community is for a discussion of books and fictional characters. It's not about discussing general principles. In this case, though, I feel that an exception needs to be made. Discussions always will have 'real world' elements, but they should be kept to a minimum. In this case things went too far. totalreadr wrote: Oh, I dunno. The whole reason I couldn't get up much sympathy for Emmett Till over on terri's lj was because he was popular and "acting macho." In my reading on the case I even found his family quoted as expressing that his death was *especially* tragic because he *was* so popular! For me their cris de coeur Did Not Work As Intended in the same way that Gerda Weissman Klein's /All But My Life/ did not (http://raisin-gal.livejournal.com/1 Emmett Till was popular, macho, had a bright future, etc....up north. Down south, none of that mattered because he was still black. This is, indeed, a horrible thing to say, and for once I have to agree with the trolls who come here and shout their protest. Why is no one of the regulars protesting this? Do I have to open up the community for anonymous users to protest stuff like that? I'm trying to protect you guys and give you a niche, but that doesn't mean that stuff like this can just stand. Racism can, perhaps, be debated in an academical manner when it is about fictional characters. This is about a real, horrible lynch murder. This is crossing the line. Here's the link from ravenstar84 again: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmett_Til Yes, I know, like others who hang out on her journal she's one of the wank trolls. But sometimes the trolls are right. Comments here are open and remain so, and for once, I won't screen out the anonymous posts. Perhaps you can clarify this with a minimum of civility. sylvanawood refused to admit that the comment made by mary_j_59 was offensive and the faily conversation with ravenstar84 ensued:( Read more ) sylvanawood's comment about sailorlum's plea is a thing of beauty, too. |
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