If everyone just ignores him he might get bored and move on. Frankly I'm over reading anything he has to say.
Sent from my iPhone On 13/04/2012, at 21:34, "Josh" <[email protected]> wrote: > Is it possible to kick Parks White? Clearly a troll which has been fed for > far too long imo > > On Saturday, April 14, 2012, Simon Wright <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have been on this list under different emails since around 94, don't post > > a lot as I only get to check the list occasionally, but do enjoy reading > > the list. > > > > Frankly over the last few months the list has almost become a joke. If it > > isn't annoying bait emails it is long drawn out arguments or pointless > > posts about nothing. > > > > Would it be too hard to ignore the trolls and get the list back to what it > > is designed to be? > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > On 13/04/2012, at 20:53, "James Young" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> I said there is "Nothing to discuss", I did not say "There won't be any > >> comments". Obviously I commented, thus the latter would have been a > >> fallacy as soon as I made the comment. The two terms are not equivalent > >> despite lazy usage in modern language. Discussion is consideration of a > >> question, while a comment is an observation expressing opinion or > >> attitude. We are not considering the question, the question is settled > >> law (and you can deal with that or you can complain about it elsewhere). > >> I made a statement, as did others, which all came down on the same side of > >> the issue you brought up. The topic isn't up for debate, it never was. > >> Ray has been *exceedingly* clear that fan fic in his universe is not > >> allowed and he has the legal standing to make that declaration. Further, > >> without comment from the author the legal and ethical presumption is that > >> it is not allowed, not that it is. > >> > >> While we're at the language lesson, please learn to use ellipsis. I know > >> I get a bit sloppy with them occasionally, but you've obviously got no > >> idea how to use them. Your sentences should end in a period, exclamation > >> point, or question mark, not ellipsis. > >> > >> Finally, you're not funny, and at this point you're boorish and you're > >> about two e-mails from getting labeled a troll by a number of us. > >> > >> -James > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Parks White" <[email protected]> > >> To: "feistfans-l" <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 1:44 AM > >> Subject: Re: How has your writing been influenced by your fans? - > >> fanfic.... > >> > >> > >> Sorry James you were wrong...there were at least a few comments to be made > >> on this topic perhaps not a discussion...I have no axe to grind.... I can > >> barely tap out inane emails let alone write anything literary..derivative > >> or otherwise.... Are you Knuckles or little Tony? ......Jeez I hope that's > >> not libelous..... (by implication)..... > >> > >> > >> Parks3 > >> > >> Sent from my iPad > >> > >> On 13/04/2012, at 4:00 PM, "James Young" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >>> Nothing to discuss. Ray says no fan fiction. If you want to do it then > >>> feel free to introduce yourself to his lawyer. Authors have the right > >>> under law to say that you cannot play in their sand box. More than a few > >>> of us are responsible for alerting him to violations too since we prefer > >>> that he continue to write. > >>> > >>> > >>> -James > >>> > >>> > >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Parks White" <[email protected]> > >>>> > >>>> And that, ladies an gents, is why we can't have fanfic. > >>> > >>> re: fanfiction....fair enough...but..... > >>> > >>> (from Wikipedia)... > >>> In recent years, several prominent authors have given their blessings to > >>> fanfiction, notably J.K. Rowling. Rowling said she was "flattered" that > >>> people wanted to write their own stories based on her characters.[30] > >>> Naomi Novik is another author who is supportive of fan fiction: she is a > >>> member of the Organization for Transformative Works and began as a fan > >>> fiction writer. Similarly, Stephenie Meyer has put links on her website > >>> to fan fiction sites about her characters from the Twilight series.[31] > >>> However, Anne Rice has consistently and aggressively prevented fan > >>> fiction based on any of her characters (mostly those from her famous > >>> Interview with the Vampire and its sequels in The Vampire Chronicles). > >>> She, along with Anne McCaffrey and Raymond Feist, have asked to have any > >>> fiction related to their series removed from FanFiction.Net.[30] George > >>> R.R. Martin, who was selected by Timemagazine as one of the "2011 Time > >>> 100" and is most famous for his epic fantasy series, A Song of Ice and > >>> Fire, is also strongly opposed to fan fiction, believing it to be > >>> copyright infringement and a bad exercise for aspiring writers. > >>> Comments anyone? > >>> > >>> Parks3 > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > >
