Do you know why i don't care anymore? Because it's old. Old old old old old! There are trees in the Redwood forests that are reading this crap and saying, "damn, this is old!" The cockroaches know that even if they survive a nuclear holocaust that they won't survive the saga of David and Morrissey. When mathemeticians created the inifinity symbol, they had the battle of David and Morrissey in mind. It got so old that even *I* got tired of it. I haven't mustered feeling outraged by any of it which accounts for my general lack of response otherwise. The world is full of losing battles and this is another one that's being played out.
I don't know what David's motivation for doing anything is at this point whether he wants to stand up for truth, justice, and the american way or what, but I don't think that Morrissey's exactly stems from a happy place that has much to do with leaked materials or stories about roadies that weren't paid.
So, I say let them duke it out on a level that has something to do with the actual argument. I'll bet that the problem is much more mundane than anyone realizes, as when happens when people don't sit down and talk and let their imaginations run wild as to what the other person meant when they said something.
Maybe the fans will win in the end. At the end of the day, it's all a business and we're the consumers. the fans get annoyed when they see too much of the man behind the curtain. they get irked when artists start talking about their money and their copyrights because they feel like they are being played for some cash. it doesn't matter if it's morrissey or Metallica. nobody likes being thought of as a wallet. the more the shit is stirred, EVERYONE gets reminded of it. i say, close the curtains and be friends with your fans.
If it did happen that way (and who knows if David simply got sick of paying for a lawyer and gave up), so what? Morrissey is happy in a begrudging way. David is happy in a begrudging way. I'm not saying that the two of them are going to start painting each other's fingernails and gossip about their dating lives anytime soon, but this is no time to start acting like a Mr Crankypants.
That's as best i can describe it without going nuts trying to figure out exactly what it is i'm trying to say. Sometimes, serenity is worth more than proving who's right.
> I hope that you realize that if David Tseng took money (a bribe) from
> Sanctuary to take down a post that he felt was newsworthy that means this
> entire site is tainted. If true it would mean that Tseng lacks integrity,
> honesty, character and all the things you have said David stands for,
> namely the fact that he is independent and can not be unduly influenced,
> that he is willing to take unpopular stands in the name of free expression
> and free speech - his freedom to speak (nothing to do with the
> government).
> What is clear is that you Suzanne stand for nothing, you believe in
> nothing, you have no convictions and you are willing to reverse any
> beliefs you have held dear on a whim. You are a hypocrite. And you post
> without thinking.
> While David's integrity probably remains intact yours is shattered beyond
> repair. You can't stand for certain principles for 7 years or so and then
> turn around one day and reverse yourself without someone calling you on
> it. You are...absolute scum Suzanne.
