Comments on: Un-American http://www.megolomaniac.com/2009/01/14/un-american/ a flair for the dramatic Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:45:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: mom http://www.megolomaniac.com/2009/01/14/un-american/comment-page-1/#comment-200 mom Sun, 01 Mar 2009 08:53:53 +0000 http://megolomaniac.wordpress.com/?p=560#comment-200 right on alex! i love #2 - more sex and less violence would make the world a better place. however there is that fine line that "dov" crosses (putatively) using sex in violent or threatening/harassing ways that i can't get behind. right on alex! i love #2 – more sex and less violence would make the world a better place. however there is that fine line that “dov” crosses (putatively) using sex in violent or threatening/harassing ways that i can’t get behind.

]]> By: shawn http://www.megolomaniac.com/2009/01/14/un-american/comment-page-1/#comment-199 shawn Mon, 19 Jan 2009 02:04:13 +0000 http://megolomaniac.wordpress.com/?p=560#comment-199 @Alex The guy has a reputation as someone that uses the media to attack people he's suing in order to earn easy settlements. He's behind 4 of the 5 suits. The entire perception of Dov as a sexual harasser is a direct result of his actions. NY Knick Eddy Curry was just levied a sexual harassment lawsuit. Big story broke in the New York media and that will follow him forever. It's almost an afterthought that the guy accusing him is a convicted felon. The lawyer taking up and pushing this image of the company as some ridiculous orgy having this kind of credibility is absolutely relevant to the conversation. @Alex The guy has a reputation as someone that uses the media to attack people he’s suing in order to earn easy settlements. He’s behind 4 of the 5 suits. The entire perception of Dov as a sexual harasser is a direct result of his actions. NY Knick Eddy Curry was just levied a sexual harassment lawsuit. Big story broke in the New York media and that will follow him forever. It’s almost an afterthought that the guy accusing him is a convicted felon. The lawyer taking up and pushing this image of the company as some ridiculous orgy having this kind of credibility is absolutely relevant to the conversation.

]]> By: Alex http://www.megolomaniac.com/2009/01/14/un-american/comment-page-1/#comment-198 Alex Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:19:03 +0000 http://megolomaniac.wordpress.com/?p=560#comment-198 I submit the following short notes: 1. LA continues to make the world a worse place. 2. I'd rather have naked people in ads than the violence everyone seems OK with. 3. Ignorance is NOT bliss. The whole quote is "Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise." -Thomas Gray 3a. Which, I think, means it sucks to be the smartest one in the room. 4. @Shawn: Are those links supposed to help? The oppositions' lawyer being as sketchy as Dov does not make Dov look any better. 5. It's the media. They're sensationalistic to sell you advertising. 6. It's advertising, he's sensationalistic to sell you an image. I submit the following short notes:
1. LA continues to make the world a worse place.
2. I’d rather have naked people in ads than the violence everyone seems OK with.
3. Ignorance is NOT bliss. The whole quote is “Where ignorance is bliss, ’tis folly to be wise.” -Thomas Gray
3a. Which, I think, means it sucks to be the smartest one in the room.
4. @Shawn: Are those links supposed to help? The oppositions’ lawyer being as sketchy as Dov does not make Dov look any better.
5. It’s the media. They’re sensationalistic to sell you advertising.
6. It’s advertising, he’s sensationalistic to sell you an image.

]]> By: shawn http://www.megolomaniac.com/2009/01/14/un-american/comment-page-1/#comment-197 shawn Fri, 16 Jan 2009 22:24:24 +0000 http://megolomaniac.wordpress.com/?p=560#comment-197 i just spied your post and i understand your dilemma. i work here at the factory and can assure you that just about everything is ridiculous hyperbole. these are worth a look, if you get the chance. http://tinyurl.com/6jz5kj http://tinyurl.com/8eg8bf everyday, i come into work and it really is amazing. i'd love to talk to you about it more, but couldn't seem to find your email. mine's shawn [at] americanapparel [dot] net, if you so feel inclined. i just spied your post and i understand your dilemma. i work here at the factory and can assure you that just about everything is ridiculous hyperbole. these are worth a look, if you get the chance.

http://tinyurl.com/6jz5kj
http://tinyurl.com/8eg8bf

everyday, i come into work and it really is amazing. i’d love to talk to you about it more, but couldn’t seem to find your email. mine’s shawn [at] americanapparel [dot] net, if you so feel inclined.

]]> By: birdlegs http://www.megolomaniac.com/2009/01/14/un-american/comment-page-1/#comment-196 birdlegs Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:51:59 +0000 http://megolomaniac.wordpress.com/?p=560#comment-196 You may have just ruined my week! Now I can't plead ignorance though I may very well try. What if I just buy my Halloween costumes there? I would be using Bag O' Sleeze's clothes for a night of drunken debauchery. That seems appropriate. You may have just ruined my week! Now I can’t plead ignorance though I may very well try. What if I just buy my Halloween costumes there? I would be using Bag O’ Sleeze’s clothes for a night of drunken debauchery. That seems appropriate.

]]> By: missbeegail http://www.megolomaniac.com/2009/01/14/un-american/comment-page-1/#comment-195 missbeegail Thu, 15 Jan 2009 04:14:00 +0000 http://megolomaniac.wordpress.com/?p=560#comment-195 Ugh. Sometimes ignorance *is* bliss. I had a similar dilemma when I was told by a bartender that the owner of one of the (very few) good midwest microbreweries is a total asshole. Dammit. But my situation was a bit easier to pass off as potentially untrue and simply ignore. Yay, willful ignorance. As for AA, I'll probably still shop there, since I do so infrequently enough that I doubt I am impacting Charney's fortune one way or the other. One strategy might be to only buy their stuff if you are buying it through someone else (like a Threadless T or your yellow one from Saturday Market). At least that way you know you are benefiting a business whose management you approve of as well. Think of it as a carbon offset for t-shirts. Ugh. Sometimes ignorance *is* bliss. I had a similar dilemma when I was told by a bartender that the owner of one of the (very few) good midwest microbreweries is a total asshole. Dammit. But my situation was a bit easier to pass off as potentially untrue and simply ignore. Yay, willful ignorance.

As for AA, I’ll probably still shop there, since I do so infrequently enough that I doubt I am impacting Charney’s fortune one way or the other.

One strategy might be to only buy their stuff if you are buying it through someone else (like a Threadless T or your yellow one from Saturday Market). At least that way you know you are benefiting a business whose management you approve of as well. Think of it as a carbon offset for t-shirts.

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