Well, it’s been a while since I got flamed from a random stranger. This time, though, it wasn’t even for something I wrote. No, he objected to how I “conveniently” left out “facts” regarding the two political/war incidents I linked to in a previous entry.
Basically, all I did was quote the first paragraph of each article and make that paragraph link to the news article. I made no commentary. I didn’t pontificate, I didn’t offer my own view (don’t have one, really, just thought the articles were worth reading), I didn’t make any pithy remarks or snide comments. No sarcasm was uttered. I just provided links, nothing more, nothing less.
Apparently, I’m obligated to either 1) write “click HERE to read the whole article” (which I won’t do because it’s lame and stupid) or 2) quote the entire article in my weblog (which I won’t do because it’s copyright violation).
So, yeah, people, go ahead and flame me for “conveniently” linking to Reuters and Associated Press articles that I think are worth reading!
The thing I find so terribly ironic here is that when I finally do get flamed from a random stranger it wasn’t for my own outspokenness or critical view of certain world events, oh no. When I got flamed it was for what someone else wrote!
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