[NewMusic] We have cookies! (was Poopoganda)

[Phillip Greenlief]

  Dear Philip --

I never said you were PAYING FOR IT.

But if Bambi clicks on one of the banner ads next to your page there, you are (indirectly) driving revenue right into Rupert's pocket. Even if Bambi doesn't click your banner ad, advertisers look at the number of eyeballs there....and advertisers seeking those millions of eyeballs are adding $1 billion a year to Rupert's bank account.

I would never want to take away the joy you experience from Bambi. I just hate to see Bambi help put more money into Rupert's bank account.


-MH


   
  PG:

  It sounds like you're saying that because I'm there, despite the fact that I'm not giving them my money directly, my hands are dirty because Bambi (who doesn't actually exist, but is probably a prop for advertising some sex-dating site) has a presence on MS...
   
  How is "my relationship" with Bambi making me complicit with Murdoch?
   
  The fact that I am there doesn't make Bambi click on that banner ad. She is there on her own free will, and her free will has nothing to do with whether or not I'm using MS.
   
  The America I want to live in allows Bambi to exist and advert her business on MS. I choose not to have a relationship with her when she requests my friendship. End of contact - see ya, wouldn't want to be ya.  Yes, we're sharing the same digital airwaves for a brief and exhilerating moment, but we are there for different reasons. She doesn't mingle with mine, and I don't mingle with hers...by choice. 
   
  If you want to get that bug out of your ass, just allow us the freedom to do what we're doing. You'll be surprised how much better you'll feel once that critter crawls out of there.
   
  I want to be clear that I'm not bullying activism. When you started this train of thought, you said you were pissed because,people are being hypocritical if they spout an eco-friendly, politically correct ethos and subscribe to MS.  Then you asked us to convince you why MS is viable.
   
  I'm not spouting an eco-friendly politically correct agenda, nor am I trying to convince you to think like me. What I am offering is that you can acheive liberation by letting go of your expections that others should act like you. It's the kind of liberation Sartre talked about in Trancendence of the Ego, and is a worthwhile pursuit.
   
  Great posts by Sarah, Alicia, Goodheart, Kristin, Gino, ludis, et al...(and Mr. Henry for getting us up in arms).