XPost: rec.arts.sf.tv, alt.fan.bam, alt.fan.tom-servo
From: 3cjmd@comcast.net
On Wed, 01 Nov 2006 23:04:10 GMT, Captain Infinity
wrote:
>Once Upon A Time
>Plain and Simple Cronan wrote:
>
>>>dtropea@webtv.net wrote:
>>> Also JMS?? Anyone recall his little flame war with Cronan and with
>>> the usenet posters? You really want to see him host a show?
>>> He comes across as someone with a very short fuse.
>>
>>David Stinson, doing what he does best:
>>> He seemed not to have a problem in the years he hosted HOUR 25.
>>> Most writers can actually handle themselves in a professional manner.
>>>
>>> But the blame for the "short fuse" should go to the flamers.
>>> How well would you do if someone made multitudinous shots at
>>> you on a daily basis ffor months or even years?
>>
>>Plain and Simple Cronan pointed out:
>>>
>>> I've handled it pretty well, thanks.
>>
>>Gharlane of Eddore illustriously edified we, the ignorant masses with:
>>>Possibly. ( It's debateable. )
>>
>>Is it? I wasn't aware that my emotional resiliency was debateable[sic].
>>
>>>And *YOU*, melad, don't have to
>>>hold a more than full-time, high-stress-level job, and are allowed
>>>to sleep at night, so you have no idea of the actual stress level
>>>under which you could survive and work.
>>
>>Have you ever worked with autistic children, oh reputed Eddorian of mine? I
>>sincerely doubt, for all a genuine antediluvian canned encephalon such as
>>yourself may catalogue in their impressive inventory of accomplishments, that
>>such a demanding, yet rewarding, pursuit is among them.
>>
>>>Of course, JMS is in his situation voluntarily, but he still doesn't
>>>get as many bennies from the Net as he'd have to get to make the
>>>investment of his time worth-while. ( I'm going to be real
>>>interested to see what degree he actually absents himself, after
>>>"SLEEPING IN LIGHT" airs, since he is decidedly Net-habituated...
>>>and he does need to take a break from us for five or ten years. )
>
>Unfortunately, Gharlane didn't stick around long enough to see that
>*That never happened*.
>
>>Near as can be told, JMS, as I saw him, discarded the Usenet as forum of
>>genuine discussion long ago. Once he stopped debating and started holding
>>seances from his castle on high, searching only for that which supports his
>>world view with his most strident devotees to moderate and protect his
>>fragile self-esteem, JMS became Any Other Producer and abdicated any
>>additional respect his presence here may once have bought. His
>>unwillingness[1] to depart from this forum is more than likely due to the
>>personality cult that continues to deny even one of his talent has earthly
>>limits. Deification such as this is notorious for inflating egos to the stage
>>where even the slightest pinprick dictates a fanatical response. (Often times
>>the antiphon from the cult and personality comes in tandem but that's neither
>>here nor there.)
>>
>>>Otherwise, he's going to be facing some *massive* razzing over his
>>>oft-repeated statements that after B-5 was done and completed, he
>>>was *quitting* TV and moving to a small town in England without
>>>Net access, and concentrating on prose novels for several years.....
>>
>>If that is all you're willing to 'razz' JMS for perhaps you should think
>>about passing on those spurs affixed to your beaker and retiring to that
>>hamlet yourself. Certainly there's a younger, less complacent generation
>>willing to take up the charge
>>
>>P&SC
>>...enemy of the obsequious
>>
>>1. or perhaps 'inability' is more appropriate
>
>Still, JMS wins because he's a member of the esteemed Hollywood B-List
>and you...well, where are you now, you black bastard? HUH???
>
>Jeez, up and dying just to make a point. Whatta numnuts.
>
>
>**
>Captain Infinity
There went the black guy...
Cheers,
Jaime
... now he's laughing his silly little ebony ass off somewheres over
in that undiscovered country, and we're still stuck here with Lori.
--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
* Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)
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