Posted: 02 July 2006 at 8:07am | IP Logged | 3
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Well, that's fair, too, Dave, but it's not like you're a stranger, and it's not like you've never disagreed with him.
I guess the way I see it is that it wasn't worth all the "outrage" when he said it to you - it was a shrug inducing incident at best. There are other people, even regulars here, where it would be a more odious crime, but it was, at best, a "meh" moment.
But that's easy for me to say - I'm not the guy he called an asshole... so, let's put the shoe on the other foot - since you, like me, have been around going back to at least the Magnus board days, I think we can agree that there are things that Byrne is pretty clear on, and it's pretty clear what he likes, doesn't like, etc.
Thus, you have the complete fredom to bring up said topics (one notes, despite rumors to the contrary, you are not banned, and you are allowed to think differently), but you are also expected to face the consequences of your actions.
Which, in this case, was that you were called an asshole.
I keep coming back to this in most discussions about Byrne's on-line behavior, but... let's say I know you don't like eating meat. Let's say you invite me over to your house. Let's say I start going on and on about how savory meat is. Let's say we've had this song and dance before....
Can you look me in the eye and say that you'd smile, hug me, shake my hand, buy me a car, fall to your knees and fellate me?
No, I'd pretty much be expecting to be called an asshole at that point.
I'm not saying you're an asshole, Dave. I've always gotten along with you... but you're certainly not some innocent victim here.
I often wonder where the outrage is when our own Joe Zhang is called an asshole all over the internet, including on this very board. I also wonder why, when charges of racism are tossed at Byrne, people "forget" the infamous con flyer that went around whereby the "artist" used some radom Asian guy as Joe. Our Joe Zhang didn't even rate a real face. He's just some Asian guy.
The hypocracy of Byrne's detractors is sickening.
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