On Wed, 16 Apr 1997, ROBERT   MORRISON wrote:

Ahh...here we go again. Not quite as uncivilized as what Mr. Davies 
said...

<ahem> Everyone has their right to an opinion. I expressed mine. I 
admit, I did express it a bit emphatically, and I admit I was perhaps 
out of line for the manner in which I expressed it. However, I do not 
believe that this entitles me to the flames I received for the 

You flamed everyone who has ever written a fanfic using the dub names
regardless of whatever other merits their story may have possessed and
basically dismissed them as idiots.  As a group in a blanket condemnation.
As you sow, so shall ye reap.  You did not express this as your opinion.
You expressed this as some sort of gospel truth.  You did not say "I do
not like it when people use the dub names.  I think it is a travesty." or
whatever.  Rather, you categorically attacked all of them and stated your
opinion as if it was the foundation of all truth.

To quote your offending paragraph:

And once more I must protest the usage of the DIC names for the
characters. People, if you are GOING to write Sailormoon fanfiction,
USE THE RIGHT NAMES. Serena, Lita, Amy, Raye, Mina, Darien, Reeny,
Molly, Chad, Andrew, Melvin, and others--DO NOT EXIST. Nor do the
Sailor Scouts exist. Use the correct names or don't bother at all.

Basically, you are telling all these people, 'Meet my standards or don't
write.'  Not, I'll not be happy with you, or I don't like it, but 'Use the
correct names or don't bother at all'.

If you make statements like that, you have to expect to be baked alive.

End of line.



John Walter Biles :  MA-History, Ph.D Wannabe at U. Kansas         
ranma@falcon.cc.ukans.edu       
naru@sailormoonfan.com
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without disguise;  something so overwhelming that it will strike either
irresistible love or irresistible horror into every creature.  It will be
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