On Wed, 1 Apr 1998, The Eternal Lost Lurker wrote:

I agree, considering that Warhammer did at least *attempt* to ask.
IMHO, Bailesu-san should be flattered that someone deemed to include
him in a songfic...so should all of us who were asked. It's not
remotely similar to the Thinker incident...it's a form of praise, to
be chosen for something of this nature. It was in extremely poor
taste to complain about it...

I do not put people into my stories without asking, even to shower them
with praise and compliments.  I would like to recieve the same courtesy.
If he had written a long rant on how I suck, I could accept that, but I
don't want to be inserted into other people's fiction without asking me,
because the first thing is someone's opinion, which they're entitled to,
while the second thing attributes actions to me which may or may not meet
with my approval.  

I posted this to the list instead of solely to him because I wanted to not
have to make this complaint in the future as well.  My intent was not to
give offense, but to say I don't like being used without being consulted.




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