From: jkim@jingoro.Eng.Sun.COM (Jun Kim)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Re: AA'93, AX'93, and Flame Wars
Date: 23 Dec 92 00:01:57 GMT
Organization: Sun
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In article <LqR6VB2w165w@lunacity.com> fafhrd@lunacity.com (David Medinnus) writes:
>As the last half-dozen posts following George Greene's response to the 
>GOH #4 posting imply quite a bit that I find to be misleading, I feel 
>compelled to respond. Please note that I AM NOT a staff member of Anime 
>America (nor is George Greene, last time I checked). Consequently, please 
>direct flames at ME, and not them.

Ok

> (rehash of the "explanation of the situation" heard months before deleted)

You know, telling us this tale of woe for the second or third time is not
going to change the fact that it is only from your point of view (yes, 
the people who support you have similar points of view, but many others
do not).  Hearing the story from the other side doesn't paint such an 
innocent picture of the AA supporters.  Gee, imagine that.  It only goes
to show that biased interpretations of the situation doesn't prove much,
and eventually only feeds the fire of disagreement.  Thanks again for 
doing that. 

>
>George, please refrain from slaming either con (although AE'93 is more 
>likely, given the substance of your last post....). People here are going 
>to decide which con to go to based on their Guests, not on the rumor andf 
>innuendo of r.a.a. (at least, I hope they will). 
>

Indeed.

>Albert, please check your facts before you make statements on-line. For 
>example, if you check the AE'92 staff list for department heads and above 
>you will find that more than half of them are with AA'93, including the 
>entire Operations division.

This fact does not invalidate what Albert said about the staff that chose
to remain with AX.  There are such people (he is one of them) and so what does
that show?  It shows some people agree with Mike and others disagree. 

>
>Please pardon the spelling errors; I compose on-line, and find it a 
>pretty petty thing for people to complain about. 

Spelling and grammar are two (too, to, tew) different things.  Grammar seemed
to be the problem on the previous post.  I'm sure you don't want to post
articles with bad grammar when you post, and most people tend to like 
seeing the english language used properly when they read.  It tends to cut
down on misunderstandings.  I'm sure you'd certainly support avoiding 
misunderstandings, right?

>
>And if I hear another "quality vs. quantity" comment, I'll vomit. All of 
>the guests confirmed at both cons are professionals, and should be 
>accorded the appropriate respect REGARDLESS of which con they decide to 
>support. I find it insulting that you imply that Adam Warren, Ben Dunn, 
>etc., are somehow intrinsically "less worthy" because they are in a 
>roster of 14, instead of a roster of 4. 

Come on now, "vomit"?  Well, if we're into nausea, how about the nauseating
articles about AX and "when are they gonna post about their GOHs"?  Well,
they have now.  And I'll forget "quality" here.  Mikimoto is probably one of
the most popular figures in the anime world today.  And amongst my friends
and associates, his works are generally much more favored than others 
(including those guests on either guest list).  Certainly, there is no one
on either list that I can come close to, in terms of anime/manga related
talent, and they all certainly deserve their positions as professionals.
But compared amongst themselves, there is a relative (albeit subjective)
ranking.  What you want us to do here is equate all of these people's
popularity, and that's like saying that we should enjoy watching 
Pierce Holt as much as watching Joe Montana.  Both are great at what they do,
but one tends to be more popular than the other (for whatever reasons).
Hey, it's a fact: Mikimoto as a very large fan base.

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Jun Kim                                         jkim@jingoro.Eng.Sun.Com
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