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Re: My Official Viewpoint
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Date: 
Sun, 5 Nov 2000 04:53:15 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Mark Sandlin writes:

1) I dislike JarJar. On the Todd-o-meter I rate about a 9 in terms of
Star
Wars fanaticism. I have Star Wars posters on my wall. I have Jeremy
Bulloch's and Kenny Baker's autographs. Therefore, I think JarJar is
obnoxious and I find humor directing unpleasantness toward JarJar extremely
fuuny. If that makes me twisted, so be it.

No offense, but I think your logic is a little flawed.

I'm unfamiliar with the "Todd-o-meter", but I am a pretty big SW fan myself
(Todd knows me well enough to rate me on his meter if he chooses to, I think).

Anyway, point is, I am a big SW fan and I don't think Jar Jar is obnoxious, nor
do I find any humour in directing unpleasantness to him.  He's not my favorite
character, to be sure, but I got tired of seeing people complain about him and
direct hate at him after about the 5,000th time I saw it.

So, you don't like Jar Jar, and that's fine, but don't say that because you're
a "big Star Wars fan" that it naturally follows that you loathe Jar Jar and
find humour in directing unpleasantness at him, because it doesn't.

eric



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  Re: My Official Viewpoint
 
(...) nor (...) Seconded. Frank (who is at least a 5 out of 10 on the scale for Star Wars fan (probably a 6 or 7), and doesn't hate Jar-Jar. (24 years ago, 5-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
  Re: My Official Viewpoint
 
(...) Actually I was proceeding according to Todd's logic, which I happen to agree with, so I guess you could call it mine as well. (URL) (...) It follows according to Todd's earlier post, which seems to agree with my experience. You might be an (...) (24 years ago, 5-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
  Re: My Official Viewpoint
 
(...) Hmm, there must be an established SW fan-scale or geek-code out there -- ? That could be a lot of fun -- take a questionnaire and find out where you fit on the SW purity test or whatever. Anyway, I'd put you at about 8/10, give or take a half. (...) (24 years ago, 5-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.starwars)

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  My Official Viewpoint
 
OK, I think it's time to restate and clarify a few things before this gets totally out of hand. To Lar) First of all, Lar, I apologize if anything I said seemed like an insult of any kind. It was not my intention, and I don't hate you or anything. (...) (24 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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