I would say to you “don’t let the bastards get you down”, but…

What perhaps she fails to grasp is that the issues that are at hand here, for example, that of industry co-optation of open records activism, among others, are larger than personality, and by far, larger than ARD. And it is to other readers who are interested and in many cases downright concerned about what happened with ARD and Abrazo that I have been by and large writing towards since last May.

For just as Gershom and various other nuARD/DAR related individuals are getting one set of responses, I and others are also hearing another set, culminating in disgust at Abrazo having been welcomed there after the fundrasing crap they pulled.

In light of Gershom’s stance, down to the equivilant of fingers in ears, humming along to herself “I’m gonna keep on I’m a do my own thing”, I have reprioritized my earlier promise to get to responding to her as of yet unpublished comment that I have moderated for the time being.

Which is not say I may not eventually write to parts of what she said, but at this point, there is no point in letting the rather nasty comment through and responding to it, it would clearly be a waste of my time.

Earlier on Bastard Nation’s email list that both of us are on, I had said:

I’m not going to have this argument with you here. Your comment is up on my blog, deal with it where it belongs.

(Referring to her earlier comment, which I did moderate through.) Essentially, I said that this was a difference between us and that my blog was a more appropriate place to air these disagreements than BN’s educational and training list.

However, as you’ve made it abundantly clear that your answer to industry co-optation is to continue on with your newfound Abrazo buddies, let’s just say, I no longer feel any priority towards responding to your comments made here.

As my ex and I used to joke, “yeah, sure, I’ll get to it, …soon as I’m done flossing my iguana.”