Well, unfortunately, several of you apparently did NOT heed my suggestion of a polite, articulate email to this reporter. Some of you even, according to him, lowered yourselves to racial epithets. Shame on those of you who did!! [angry1] Below are the two email responses I received when I POLITELY pointed out his 'supposed' exclusion of Barnabas and DS in the article. I get the impression from his second email that he would prefer not to be bombarded at work w/any more emails regarding this.
Well, unfortunately, several of you apparently did NOT heed my suggestion of a polite, articulate email to this reporter. Some of you even, according to him, lowered yourselves to racial epithets. Shame on those of you who did!!
When ppl are rude it makes ALL of us look bad! And I personally do not want to be looked on by others as a rude DS fan because I'm a member of this fandom.
Well, unfortunately, several of you apparently did NOT heed my suggestion of a polite, articulate email to this reporter. Some of you even, according to him, lowered yourselves to racial epithets. Shame on those of you who did!!
Perhaps you're privy to information I don't have, in which case I'll withdraw my comment, but I don't think it can be assumed that your messages posted here directly address "several" people who sent the emails that upset the author. Do you know for a fact that the person or persons who wrote racial slurs have read this topic, or have ever even once visited these Forums?
Mark and Nancy made excellent points! And since acting out anonymously with the goal of inciting outrage is a common modus operandi of internet trolls
And do you HONESTLY believe FOR ONE MINUTE that the ppl he refers to DID NOT READ THIS POST???
If so might I suggest you are woefully naive! You think it's a COINCIDENCE that these emails were received and ppl didn't read this post??? Give me a friggin' break!!!!
Must be nice to be a MODERATOR!!!Well, unless it's a labor of love, I can't say I would recommend it. [128]
Also, VERY interesting that you didn't feel the need to blast Nancy, Claude and Mark. Only me!! I guess you and I are longer COOL!!
Hmmm- I seem to have opened up a can of worms here
No kidding. Calling the writer a "creep" for some perceived snub is immature and undermines any credibility the poster might otherwise have.
(You should have heard some of the crap I got from overly rabid fans because Julia Hoffman didn't appear in DREAMS OF THE DARK. Hoo boy.)
However, any writer whose work is put in front of the public must be prepared to take what comes his way. It's part of the job...
Some folks got downright nasty about the way things went in the book they didn't agree with. All fans have their own unique perspectives, and some of them feel theirs is the -only- correct one. Someone who respectfully presents his or her point of view to a writer is likely to be taken seriously;