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   Message 794 of 1,564   
   John W. Kennedy to All   
   Re: JMS ( babylon 5 ) experiences the st   
   28 Jul 06 11:12:27   
   
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   From: jwkenne@attglobal.net   
      
   tony_becky_mikey_verizon_news wrote:   
   > "Paul Harper"  wrote in message   
   > news:vs0jc25oa7cphq7i74l1ce3t59ovbebm2r@4ax.com...   
   >> On Fri, 28 Jul 2006 02:45:43 GMT, Warchild  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> In article <1154037663.309790.121410@p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com>,   
   >>> hunthurst@earthlink.net wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> More JMS self-promotion.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Less pimping of self, Joe. More dialogue polishing.   
   >>> Success in JMS chosen field requires self-promotion.  Promotion is the   
   >>> life-blood of the entertainment industry.  Don't blame JMS for taking   
   >>> full advantage of his new situation.   
   >> No problem with that. But call it that.   
   >>   
   >> Don't pretend you're "doing it for the fans" which is a load of   
   >> bollocks.   
   >>   
   >> Paul.   
   >>   
   >   
   > Paul,   
   >   I am starting to see your point here.. You are envious of the guys   
   > talents.. You can NEVER seem to agree that maybe the guy (JMS) has done   
   > something right.. Ohh yes, you admit to liking Babylon 5, but yet the guy   
   > who made it is not allowed to be prosperous and also have fans who   
   > appreciate his drive to keep the product as he saw it and created it??   
   >   
   > Come on, why don't you just admit it.. I for one am quite envious of his   
   > writing skills and ability to be working on all the stuff he is..   
   >   
   > But then again, I am one who is in touch with reality, you are off here,   
   > with your little clique..   
      
   Somewhere or other, Dorothy L. Sayers talks about those who complain   
   that Dante is more than a mile high, and want him to leave the court --   
   and yet Dante obstinately persists in being more than a mile high,   
   despite them.   
      
   --   
   John W. Kennedy   
   "The blind rulers of Logres   
   Nourished the land on a fallacy of rational virtue."   
      -- Charles Williams.  "Taliessin through Logres: Prelude"   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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