(c) the `spaghetti publishers' get their act together and compensate a
person for their own work. if they do not have the permission of the
author, they keep their slimy tentacles off other people's accomplishments.
Mr. Freeman, you simply do not seem to understand the work that goes
into creating, maintaining, and modifying a FAQ over its entire
lifetime. I doubt that you have written any. I and everyone hear, I
think, resent your waltzing in here and telling us we should be
*grateful* when someone takes our work and makes profit from it without
sharing any profit with the *originator* of the work.
I think your opinion is so atrocious, so obnoxious, that it can hardly
be limited to FAQ maintaining. I suspect your opinion originates from
some other field. Maybe you work in Tabloid Journalism. There, I agree,
the rule is that you profit from the hard work of others by dragging
down their own accomplishments, by pretending to represent people's
work when you really are nothing but a social parasite. Perhaps some
other people can invent a hypothetical occupation for Mr. Freeman.
Maybe `prose pimp' would be a better analogy. Yes, the publishing
industry is filled with pimps, who call their clients (readers and
writers) whores and steal their money. Thank you for your eloquent
defense of this practice. Thank you for attempting to recruit FAQ
authors to your noble cause.
>Are you going to try to answer my question now? If you
>won't, then I will resign from the conversation.
It has been my experience that only tentacles practice this kind of
reprehensible `hit and run' or `drive by shooting' tactic you refer to.
if you wish to further insult the work of the entire FAQ club, please
indicate what gives you the authority to do so.
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