Video Asylum

Posted by Audiophilander (A) on April 03, 2009 at 15:04:09

In Reply to: RE: it had nothing to do with the day posted by Joe Murphy Jr on April 03, 2009 at 08:42:30

>>> "My comment was directed at two individuals who can't seem to get along. Why bother posting in a thread if the main reason is to take a pot shot at someone you don't agree with or care for? Neither of you seem to be able to "just be friends", hence my humorous -- at least I thought -- reference to 'lovebirds'." <<<

It would've been better had you not used the language you chose or, as an alternative, made the effort to contact us off line if you felt that strongly.

Joe, you apparently do not frequent the Outside Asylum, but if you did the conflicts between JI and myself might have greater context. The whole 'cheerleader' thing would've died down here long ago, but he made our differences over HD-DVD and Blu-ray into a public issue over on the Outside board where the cheerleader rhetoric took on a life of it's own in the midst of political discussions.

Take note that in this thread everything was fine until he took the opportunity to make a personal jab at me out of the blue; it was indirect because he was responding to another's post, but he mentioned me specifically in the subject line. Where did that come from? I certainly didn't invite his ridiculous comment! Yes, we have strong differences of opinion over on the Outside Asylum board because our political perspectives are virtually polar opposite, but I make every effort to leave the political stuff there.

OTOH, when someone insinuates that you a liar and a fool it requires a response; sorry, but that's life.

>>> "It was not in any way a threat. I don't care for crybabies running to moderators, either. However, the link to the other forum where Chris had to get involved is just an example of two people who constantly "go at it". Why? What positives do the constant put-downs and snide remarks bring to this forum? Seriously, both of you need to give it a rest." <<<

No offense, but as a public pronouncement it had all of the shadings of an implied threat. Furthermore, Chris's actions, regardless of the intent, were already a public enough embarrassment to Teresa and Navman. I seriously doubt that most folks surfing this site were aware of it (I certainly wasn't), so linking the matter here does little to help defuse their situation much less anybody else's; if anything, you should apologize to them for resurrecting that post and airing their dirty laundry over here.

As I pointed out earlier, I don't know what Teresa and Navman's problems are (or were). To extrapolate from their disagreement in characterizing the differences between Jazz Inmate and myself is unwise, IMO. You see, we have ongoing political disagreements over on the Outside Asylum board which aren't going away anytime soon, so 'giving it a rest' would probably take a nuclear detent and UN size cajones to broker a deal.

What I will promise to do (for my part) is to avoid allowing political disagreements to overflow into the Video Asylum.

>>> "And I'll forgive you the Jon Stewart insult." <<<

That was a compliment, ...of sorts. ;O)

AuPh