Comments on: Latte Heroes http://cimota.com/blog/2008/07/19/latte-heroes/ Matt Johnston's Blog About Various Things Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:07:01 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: mj » Blog Archive » H is for ipocrisy http://cimota.com/blog/2008/07/19/latte-heroes/comment-page-1/#comment-23846 mj » Blog Archive » H is for ipocrisy Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:20:58 +0000 http://cimota.com/blog/?p=1037#comment-23846 [...] see perhaps 1% of the population tackling the really thorny issues. So, what, we want more Latte heroes? I don’t blog much about US politics because I’m inundated with that shit on the [...] [...] see perhaps 1% of the population tackling the really thorny issues. So, what, we want more Latte heroes? I don’t blog much about US politics because I’m inundated with that shit on the [...]

]]> By: LKM http://cimota.com/blog/2008/07/19/latte-heroes/comment-page-1/#comment-23651 LKM Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:44:00 +0000 http://cimota.com/blog/?p=1037#comment-23651 In many countries, open comments are a legal liability, which I learned the hard way. If anyone wants to respond to any of my blog posts, they need to do so on their own host or on a public blogging service, making sure that I can't be held responsible for their words by acting as a publisher for them. In many countries, open comments are a legal liability, which I learned the hard way. If anyone wants to respond to any of my blog posts, they need to do so on their own host or on a public blogging service, making sure that I can’t be held responsible for their words by acting as a publisher for them.

]]> By: mj http://cimota.com/blog/2008/07/19/latte-heroes/comment-page-1/#comment-23513 mj Sat, 19 Jul 2008 12:05:11 +0000 http://cimota.com/blog/?p=1037#comment-23513 I'd rather there was debate as well and your closed comments have annoyed me a couple of times (which again is a finger pointing at the sheer pointlessness of it all). Thanks for opening them up. I promise to be constructive or inflammatory :) <blockquote>You can also label me and pretend it solves anything.</blockquote> Okay :) I’d rather there was debate as well and your closed comments have annoyed me a couple of times (which again is a finger pointing at the sheer pointlessness of it all). Thanks for opening them up. I promise to be constructive or inflammatory :)

You can also label me and pretend it solves anything.

Okay :)

]]> By: Jesper http://cimota.com/blog/2008/07/19/latte-heroes/comment-page-1/#comment-23512 Jesper Sat, 19 Jul 2008 12:02:12 +0000 http://cimota.com/blog/?p=1037#comment-23512 That was a better way of putting it. (I brought up my example because, by your comparison, it seemed like you had some different ideal in mind that we should all aspire to, especially since you seemed to be ashamed to be one of 'them'.) I'd rather have a storm in a teacup than nothing in the teacup at all, although the sheer invented drama of some people begins to tear at you after a while. But if I'm going to take a stance on something, I'm going to take an unequivocal stance, such is my style of writing. You can cope with it or you can stop reading. You can also label me and pretend it solves anything. That was a better way of putting it. (I brought up my example because, by your comparison, it seemed like you had some different ideal in mind that we should all aspire to, especially since you seemed to be ashamed to be one of ‘them’.)

I’d rather have a storm in a teacup than nothing in the teacup at all, although the sheer invented drama of some people begins to tear at you after a while. But if I’m going to take a stance on something, I’m going to take an unequivocal stance, such is my style of writing. You can cope with it or you can stop reading. You can also label me and pretend it solves anything.

]]> By: mj http://cimota.com/blog/2008/07/19/latte-heroes/comment-page-1/#comment-23511 mj Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:52:58 +0000 http://cimota.com/blog/?p=1037#comment-23511 I didn't say anything about that. This isn't about berating others for not going out and saving the world, one disadvantaged child at a time. This is about the ridiculousness of people who get all het up about the distribution model of the iTunes App Store or the theory that google might be evil (based on the weird assumption that anyone at Google cares about individuals as opposed to crowds). The recent hubbub about whether bloggers declare their sponsorship is a perfect example. Storm in a teacup. I didn’t say anything about that. This isn’t about berating others for not going out and saving the world, one disadvantaged child at a time. This is about the ridiculousness of people who get all het up about the distribution model of the iTunes App Store or the theory that google might be evil (based on the weird assumption that anyone at Google cares about individuals as opposed to crowds).

The recent hubbub about whether bloggers declare their sponsorship is a perfect example. Storm in a teacup.

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