While I completely disagreed with the tone of an earlier post by Mark
Doherty, I will agree with one thing.
Folks, did anyone carefully read the message/spamfic I posted this
morning? Was the meaning clear to anyone?
Judging from the number of spamfics which popped up as a result, I
think not.
Responding to the USA Today article by writing spamfics in which you
immaturely have anime character extoll property damage or casualties
upon the offices and staff of the newspaper is hardly, by any means,
a mature response to the situation.
This is the type of situation that deserves a sophisticated approach,
not purile drivel the likes of what one would expect from...a certain
individual who shall remain nameless.
I wrote the spamfic/article to make a point. The point was: "This is
what happens when news columnists do not bother to get both sides of
the story." I, being a former editor of a small newspaper myself,
would have taken one look at that article, and thrown it in the
trash, demanding the two authors go out and check the other side of
the story. USA Today's editorial staff, if they respect any form of
true journalism whatsoever, would have done the same. This tells me
that I, as a small-town, virtually unknown editor, with a 25 cent
paper, and making no money from doing it, had more integrity about my
job than the staff of USA Today have about theirs...which is truly
sad.
The point was not "Let's see who can make the biggest explosion
destroying the USA Today offices." The point was, "Let's see what
would happen if anime characters tried the same sort of journalism
those two authors were practicing."
Please, people...no more of these senseless spamfics...at least, not
until you've gotten the point of the one that spawned this thread...
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