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googleplusRobert Scoble, one of the louder pro-realname supporters in this Google+ pseudonym debate, said something in a comment to this post by John Hardy that made me both laugh with his arrogance and boggle at his ignorance.
Now, setting aside the apparent evidence that Mr Scoble is unaware that the internet does not exist solely in the USA, clearly Mr Scoble has never heard of Publius, the author of The Federalist. Or, as we know today, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, who together wrote a series of essays that is considered one of the three most important documents in American history. (Someone else in the comments brought this up to him. I note that he didn't respond.)
Un-American. Pardon me while I snort with laughter.
It's not un American, by the way. It's American to SIGN YOUR FREAKING NAME TO THINGS!
Now, setting aside the apparent evidence that Mr Scoble is unaware that the internet does not exist solely in the USA, clearly Mr Scoble has never heard of Publius, the author of The Federalist. Or, as we know today, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, who together wrote a series of essays that is considered one of the three most important documents in American history. (Someone else in the comments brought this up to him. I note that he didn't respond.)
Un-American. Pardon me while I snort with laughter.
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Date: 2011-07-26 04:25 pm (UTC)Does it make me a bad person if I want to feed him to 4chan trolls?no subject
Date: 2011-07-26 04:36 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-07-26 04:38 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-07-26 04:41 pm (UTC)Certainly not buy a calling card and phone him from every pay phone I pass for the next three weeks.
>.>
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Date: 2011-07-26 04:49 pm (UTC)LOL Of course!
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Date: 2011-07-26 05:11 pm (UTC)He's got two really cute kids in his photostream, too; I think his complete disregard for their safety is kind of horrifying—it makes the mom in me all RAWR!—and I hope that no one ever decides to go after them because he's pissed off the wrong person.
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Date: 2011-07-26 05:18 pm (UTC)It makes me angry when I see things like these, doesn't he know he's basically putting their lives in danger? Don't get me started, I may rant for a long time...
And the sad thing is, if someone pointed this out to him, he would probably accuse them of threatening him, not realizing that he's basically doing all by himself!
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Date: 2011-07-26 07:50 pm (UTC)I don't want to do that, right? It feels creepy that I even thought of it.
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Date: 2011-07-28 09:33 am (UTC)