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On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 7:18 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 3:52 PM, Bryan<[email protected]> wrote: > > > > And sometimes an appropriate response might just be to keep your > > own snarkiness to yourself. Let people mourn who they want to mourn, > > let people be sad for one frickin' day... without trying to shove your > > opinions down their throat every chance you get. (I realize you're on > > summer vacation -- maybe you're just bored??) I also realize the role > > you've taken upon yourself on this list -- and perhaps in every aspect > > of your life -- but don't you get tired of being the unhappy grump and > > the list curmudgeon all the time? ... can't you just let a moment in > > pop-culture history (TV-related or otherwise) pass without bloviating > > all over it? Some people actually wanna be respectful of other > > people's feelings when there's been an iconic death, you know? > > You insist that I'm unhappy, and it makes me question what it is about > you that you perceive me in that way? You believe Michael Jackson and > Farrah Fawcett to be "iconic," whereas I believe them to be people, > just like you or me, who merit no special treatment by you or the > media. Yet, instead of criticizing my argument or creating and > defending one of your own, you have repeatedly insisted on taking > personal shots at me in at least as disrespectful a manner as you're > accusing me of acting. Again, I am forced to ask what is going on > inside of you to make you react this way? Since you repeatedly insist > upon pointing out what you perceive to be flaws in my character, I > feel obligated to do the same to you and anyone else who feels as you > do: If you are seriously mourning these two people whom I doubt you > have ever had any direct or indirect interaction with, then please > seek professional psychiatric help. Right now, you remind me of the > people who used to call the NBC ticket office demanding to speak to > various soap opera characters (the characters, not the actors who > played them). You are expressing an attachment towards strangers that > is unhealthy. If you like their respective bodies of work, then watch > and/or listen to them, but I feel it is more than fair for me to be > critical of the media obsession surrounding their deaths. Furthermore, > I feel that, even in the darkest of times (which, by the way, this is > not) humor functions as a release and serves as a better way of > expressing oneself than making whack-ass accusations about someone > else's emotional state (which, in fairness to me, I didn't do until > you pushed me). > > So, in direct response to your most recent post, if you want to "be > sad for one frickin' day," go ahead. Nobody is stopping you. But I > refuse to let your sadness interfere with the business of living, and > I resent that your sadness takes precedence over legitimate news > stories. And, since this message board deals with the media and > people's reactions to/perceptions of it, my thoughts on the deaths of > two people are at least as valid as yours. So how about you respect my > feelings, be they happy or unhappy, grumpy or ungrumpy, you know? > -- > Kevin M. (RPCV) > > > > -- There's a moment after you cast the die but before it hits the table. Breathe wrong and you'll change the way it lands --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... Smart (TV) People on Ice! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
