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Re: Santos/McGarry Ticket
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Date: 
Thu, 7 Apr 2005 18:08:53 GMT
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David Koudys wrote:
> K, that caught me completely off guard.
> 
> An absolute stunning event, and the West Wing still holds no punches.
> Now friends, in the 'old days' when Babylon 5 was still in production, I
> frequently surfed the rudimentary internets of the time to find out information
> and spoilers about upcoming episodes.  The various fans of B5 were notorious for
> getting active content and thinking about what the future may hold for B5 up
> ontoo their websites.  Added to that was the wonderful fact that JMS, the
> creator of B5, visited newsgroups and sometimes responded to posts and such.
> 
> Anyway, jump to the present--I have not, until relatively recently, done any
> searching for sites pertaining to West Wing to see what fans might think of the
> show.  After discovering such sites over the past few days, I'm glad I waited
> this long.  Never in my life have I seen such a willful hatred by a fan base
> towards a show--I mean, 'jumping the shark' fans don't even come close.
> "Sorkin's show sux after season 4--don't even watch it!" is the kindest I can
> put what these malcontents are saying about one of the best things to happen to
> the telly in decades.
> 
> Look freaks, no one is twisting your arms to watch the show.  I happen to still
> love watching it, and, even though Sorkin and others left, the West Wing is
> still better than most anything else on television at this time.  Y'all just
> might as well get a gun and shoot yourselves in the foot for all the 'support'
> and 'encouragement' you give to the production staff of the West Wing.  You're
> akin to a bunch of 5 year olds who aren't getting their way and are now throwing
> a tantrum.  Get over yourselves.
> 
> Anyway, it was a great episode, and my surfing days for West Wing sites and
> newsgroups are now, thankfully, at a close.

Is this an allegory?

;-)

Derek



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K, that caught me completely off guard. An absolute stunning event, and the West Wing still holds no punches. Now friends, in the 'old days' when Babylon 5 was still in production, I frequently surfed the rudimentary internets of the time to find (...) (21 years ago, 7-Apr-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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