Touché.

Is that the normal conversational fencing version of touché or the really strange one introduced in recent mac commercials?

J.B. WROTE: Let's force ourselves to remember, for just a wee little moment, that this board is "my toys", and if I see someone refusing to play nicely with the other kids, or breaking the toys, I kick 'em out of the playroom. Tell me you would do otherwise.

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UMMMM ....he shoot's......he score's.........i think that sums up that blast!!!!!!

I think I might add my 2 cents here.

When I first saw this board I'll admit I was a little cautious about joining as it did seem like a 'dictatorship' (if lack of a better word). I saw a lot of crap written about this place so I poked around.

All I saw is a bunch of mates talkiing, laughing and having a good time. Sure I don't agree with everything that Byrne says but really is he not a person with different thoughts and experiences than my own?

So I joined here and as I've mentioned before this and www.normbreyfogle.com are the only places I post now. You can say that I have 'seen the light' lol when it comes to the trolls and morons on some of the other boards.

JB,

Didn't mean to sound condescending. Unfortunate choice of words is as good as any way to describe that last sentence. Thought about chopping it out but I had spent enough time writing that I just posted and left it as is.

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Thanks to those who objected to me being called an idiot for expressing an opinion.

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JD,

You strike me as a person who, like myself, would rather people get along and who winds up playing the peacemaker/negotiator, or attempting to. I have given up on Marvel comics awhile ago, only occaisionally picking up something due to the creators involved. The point about JB making a triumphant return to Marvel as comics royalty is interesting and plausible. From what I hear we are about to see the triumphant return of Neal Adams at DC. I buy into the argument that it would be worthwhile for JB to open lines of communication just because I'm that kind of guy and that's what I'd try to do, even if I've been burned before. The good that can come from it outweighs the bad.

JB, I'm not sure how Quesada ever got such a job with such limited expereince. You ever see yourself in an Editor or EIC type role? You are a veteran and from what I've read you have very clear ideas on how characters should be handled. I could easily see you as group Superman editor or something along those lines.

If only they spent more time create stories instead of drama. maybe just maybe

the industry would not be suffering the way it is.!

just a thought..................

JD - I'm sorry you gave the column by that Scumbag Johnsona link.

Curious thing is, the relevant section of his column is the longest, drawn out item in his column, and not really newsworthy. Unless you like to drag JB's name thru the mud. Which this Scumbag of a columnist does nearly *every* week.

(Check thru the last, say, three months and see how many weeks he *doesn't* bring up Byrne; and then see how often it is negatively, or to have a laugh at JB's expense. Not that he has an axe to grind, I'm sure.)

(And I call him a Scumbag knowing what that word means, and noticing that when he *is* called a Scumbag he doesn't link the thread to his column.)