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19 May 2006
Matt pulled my image... but that's ok. I figured you guys might be interested in this follow-up. It is chock full of legal threats and crazy conservative cartoonists.
Insane guy draws shitty drawings of people like Rush Limbaugh, George Bush and Man Coulter and has them wearing capes, beating up liberals, whatever. Lawyer makes a parody out of one of this insane artist's works and it gets posted in the Metafilter thread.
It is explained pretty well in the link (I think). It started with this MeFi thread. This image was in the original thread, but Matt pulled it when Mr. Noel started whining about it. I totally understand Matt's decision, but thought people might be interested in the story.
Thanks for the welcome. I have been lurking for a while.
On Preview: What they said. And, yes. I have no doubt that my image is fair use.
Just be aware that not everybody on Metafilter reads every thread (in fact a number of people read the posts only), and certainly here on Metachat ... well, if there's a spat between longtime MeFites, we're all right on it, but don't assume too much. We're not "about" being a back channel for Metafilter, basically because it can cause headaches for mathowie, dodgy, and taz.
If this post causes any problems for anyone, then I would have no problem if it was removed. I wasn't really trying to start a back channel per se, but thought that the people who might have seen the original thread would be interested. I'm sorry if I have caused any problems.
stilicho, the story and the path to the thread were all in the link sasnak provided. Yeah it wasn't a simple link to a picture of a cute bunny and involved actual reading, but it was all there. I found the story entertaining, and I appreciate the follow-up. Man that cartoonist is a weenis. I guess he's sensitive about his "art" but sheesh... Too bad Matt wasn't in a position to tell him to "fuck off", and I can understand that. I'd like to see this guy's stuff parodied all over the internets. Anyone have a Fark account that can start a Photoshop thread?
Welcome to metachat, sasnak. Please keep Metafilter stuff on Metafilter if you can. Thanks.
Usually I'm inclined to agree with you about that, especially when people assume that we actually care about zomg internetz drama or whatever other stupid shit is going on over there, but this isn't that kind of a post. MetaChat is still the place that people point to as the place to post things that don't belong on Metafilter, and the tops of all of the pages reflect that. This post seems perfectly appropriate here. Anyway, welcome to MetaChat, sasnak.
I love those fools who try to disable right mouse click and/or saving of images. When they are the type who are "don't even try to save an image or I'll have the FBI/CIA/MIB all over your ass" I tend to download the image out of spite; along with their entire website, twice.
More than bad, bad art, more than Bush fan boys, more than awful, ugly ca.-1997-style web sites, or barfy have-your-lawyer-call-my-lawyer suckage, I hate disabled right click, since I use it constantly for opening links in new tabs/windows, going back/forward, copying/pasting text and a bunch of FF plugin stuff like looking up definitions. And so, he must die.
Also? These are very bad penguins. He should hope the penguins don't have a lawyer.
Just saw this and kudos to you for sticking it to the Man. I'm also glad that you understand why Matt can't back you up; most people would flail and make "OMG, the sky is falling!" noises.
I love this! I've had a fair number of "libel" threats from asshole wingers over my various exposes. My standard reply is "Thank you for volunteering full disclosure. If you can find an attorney stupid enough to take the case, I look forward to counter-sueing your ass ragged and disbarring your shyster for barratry." It works like a charm except for publishers running like whipped curs.
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