Posts tagged Meredith Placko

So what can I really say aside from the fact that I’m hurt and disappointed.

FACT: Calistrisa is now upset because I have publicly stated that I like
David Violence and works of his that I have seen. (as has Shannon, but I
will leave her to her own responses… she’s a big girl.)

RESPONSE: How can I respond to this except by stating that I thought
Calistrisa was a different person than this. David Violence is nothing more
than a facet of entertainment for me. Do I know him? I’ve met him. Would
I have him over to my house for dinner. Don’t know him THAT well yet. I
have seen two of his documentaries. I laughed at both of them. I told him
(and he can probably confirm this if he so wishes) that my only issues with
WHAT I SAW were the barrage of gay jokes. It’s HIS WORK, THOUGH, and all I
can give is my opinion.

Now… it seems that Calistrisa has decided to lower me on her “friends
status level” due to my laughing at David’s shit. For the record, I still
like Micheal Moore even AFTER the Oscars, too. I can only wonder what
effect that will have.

FACT: I have only seen two David Violence videos.

RESPONSE: I saw the AWA one and the Anime Express one. Both funny. The
AWA dragged a bit, though, near the end. The sudden barrage against him in
the LiveJournal came from statements made in previous ones that I have never
seen. They were supposedly about Shannon & MK. Shannon’s were (reportedly)
sexually explicit and MK’s were regarding personal information about her.
I’m not in standard practice of commenting on shit that I haven’t seen, but
I took Calistrisa at her word and used one of the quotes in a previous
journal entry. I have since asked to see copies of these statements from
both Calistrisa and David.

If…. and I say IF (because I haven’t seen them) David made comments
regarding PERSONAL info about MK, then he was out of line. I can only
comment on what I see… not what people tell me. I leave the “judging
based on rumors” job to the Florida Cosplay yahoogroups folk.

FACT: MK responded in a very angry way to the posts about David, and also
seems to have kicked me down a notch in the “friends” department…
following in suite with Calistrisa.

RESPONSE: It’s been mentioned that David supposedly said some inappropriate
comments regarding MK’s personal life in a previous docs that I have NOT
seen. If true, then she has every right to be pissed and (as I stated in my
last post) HAS EVERY RIGHT TO VOICE HER OPINION ABOUT IT. I don’t judge…
I just give the facts.

Now, regarding the NON-personal comments made… (which, again, I still
haven’t seen.) If I decide to wear a t-shirt with the word NIGGER in large
red letters to a BCR College Party, people will stare. A lot. Conventions
ARE a haven for Fanboys (aging 12-55 at last check.) If you wear
semi-revealing costumes from cartoons, THEY WILL STARE. And comment. If
you put yourself in that position, it is going to happen. Period. Now if
someone ever oversteps the bounds of “staring and commenting” and gets into
stalking/physical issues, then there is a problem. I know that we have seen
some creepy folks on previous occasions, and I recall at least once asking
you and Shannon if you would “like me to talk to them” (i.e. get them to
fuck off.)

FACT: David Violence has since confirmed all the rumored statements, and has
publicly apologized.

RESPONSE: There is also a second, behind the scenes, apology that David has
recently made that I was privy to. He IS talented. His art is a hard one
to hone without fucking up occasionally. Maybe I’m jaded because I’m at the
end of my twenties, but I also see that David is young. (Many of you post
about him regularly stating that he is a “kid.”) For the sake of argument,
I’ll use that. David’s a kid. We were all kids once. WE ALL DID STUPID
SHIT WHEN WE WE’RE KIDS. Should we be judged on this? Hell no. We should
be judged on *how we handle these occurances.* He’s apologized for
mistakes. It takes a big person to do the that. I respect that.

I’ve also seen posts now that state that “David lies, that’s why people like
him.” Well, that’s not what I like about him… and I am yet to see him do
this. Has he lied in the past? I have no clue. Trust that if I see it
come up in the future, though, it won’t be pretty

He’s still on the learning curve. He’s going to break a few dozen eggs on
the way, and maybe even kill a chicken to get there… but in the end I
think he’ll make a great fucking omlet.

FACT: Calistrisa has stated that she wants to use her radio show as a forum
to discuss this drama.

RESPONSE: Her choice, but I think she’s overreacting and would only suffer a
negative backlash for something like that. Certain opinions should be
reserved for certain arenas of discussion. Will I think less of her is she
does is? Of course not… I still like Michael Moore, too.

CLOSING: Long fucking post, aye? I’ve spoken my mind and made my points.
Calistrisa and MK… I’m sorry you both think so little of me to convey such
negative things. I love you both, and would never do anything to purposely
hurt either of you. I feel fairly certain that Shannon feels the same way.

Please don’t “Gecko” us from your friends list.

I’m now going to go out and rent the South Park: Bigger Longer, & Uncut;
Dogma; and The Last Temptation of Christ to see how many other people get
mad at me for watching shit.

And then I’ll download Bowling for Columbine.