An Interesting Discussion Regarding Arisia

[zentinal.livejournal.com]

An interesting discussion between an Arisia newcomer / observer & someone who dismisses f&sf fandom in total - Weigh In, Have Fun! http://bit.ly/8Wt2d6

Comments

[thevirtualjim.livejournal.com]

Heh, interesting is one word for it. I never understood why when some people don't like something they have to bash it.

I was indirectly quoted in the article too :)

[tehuti.livejournal.com]

What bit was that?

[thevirtualjim.livejournal.com]

the joke about steampunks are goths who discovered brown :)

[leenah.livejournal.com]

ok, all i've read is this version of the joke, just this, but OMG, that's FUNNY.

goths in brown. hee hee!!!!

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

It's SO TRUE.

(sticking to my black, dammit, it's more flattering to my complexion)

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

Hee! :)

[ron_newman]

Are you the Shira (not verified) who shows up in a couple of the comments? If so, I admire your restraint.

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

I do my best. More and more I'm reminded that I'm the public face of a lot of stuff... and if it seems like the person's teachable, I try to engage rather than yell at 'em.

Sometimes they aren't teachable. Which is why I'm not responding to that one commenter.

[octoberland.livejournal.com]

Ha, that's awesome. That totally made me laugh. :)

[tehuti.livejournal.com]

Nice. :-)

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

That was AWESOME. :)

[aristabulus.livejournal.com]

You think the article is rough? Skim the comment branch with quackenbush; he makes rosenfield look like a saint by comparison.

[thevirtualjim.livejournal.com]

Oh I read that too. It reads to me like that guy had some serious traumatic experience with a SF fan sometime in the past...

[aristabulus.livejournal.com]

Perhaps, but I doubt it. I think it much more likely that he just maintains a narrow reality tunnel, and deep reserves of bile for anything outside of it. He employs some of the same written argument tactics that I've seen elsewhere... Write a Wall of Text around a few thin arguments, then snipe for obtuse points to feed the next WoT. He thinks he wins when you stop replying, because "he's right and there's no adequate response"... *rolls eyes*

I think thnidu has it right; don't feed the troll.

[thevirtualjim.livejournal.com]

yea, its like a TV show I don't like, I just turn the channel :). the only thing I commented on was to correct his spelling of 'I-Con' (a long island sci-fi con i used to help run many yrs ago).