It's too easy to demonize Oakes, who is doing his job of protecting his employer's rights with something like a fan's zeal, taking particular relish in unmasking those he believes are really in it for themselves. I thrive on feedback. That's the magic in it - a shared language of the imagination, which is the seed of community. To attempt to force a community to sprout only in an officially sanctioned garden is to wage war on the very strengths of the medium you're using to get your message across. I wish him luck.
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