Comments on: Why we hate and fear the BBC

By: Enjah Mysterio

Enjah Mysterio — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:03:46 +0000

Heh lotta hot air here … *starts up balloon*

By: johnny

johnny — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:39:59 +0000

I was thinking that I’d been fairly restrained with the psychobabble. I managed a whole column about SL enthusiasts without once using the term “narcissistic”.

By: HeadBurro Antfarm

HeadBurro Antfarm — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:42:47 +0000

Attaboy! Knew you’d come round in the end. Now drop and give me 20! And lighten up – it’s only a game!

By: johnny

johnny — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:18:03 +0000

Well I stand corrected. Evidently everyone in Second Life is well-balanced and insightful, and in no way over-sensitive to criticism.

By: Fogwoman Gray

Fogwoman Gray — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:11:51 +0000

Odd, I was unaware the BBC had a presence in Second Life.
That aside, all of us who are members of a community in SL are quite used to being considered rather odd by those unfamiliar. The fact that I met the man who became my husband last month in a second life community adds to the confusion (“oh, so it is like e-harmony?”).
I quite admire the BBC’s reporting on news, but I suppose I expect no more of them than of any other corporate news vendor.
What I do find endlessly amusing is the level of inane psychobabble in this particular blog posting.

By: HeadBurro Antfarm

HeadBurro Antfarm — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:35:19 +0000

I don’t think the SL piece can reflect on the BBC – it’s only a silly online magazine filler for a silly online magazine. The serious journalism the BBC does isn’t anything like that and is only affiliated by deed of both belonging to a very big, multi-faceted organisation.

By: nalates

nalates — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:03:45 +0000

…I guess it doesn’t matter that the BBC article took a one sided look…

Interviews the writer made, with a contrary viewpoint, were not mentioned or that the data was 2 years old or that the intellectual honesty of considering the other side of the viewpoint was skipped…

BBC is not the icon of reporting it once was.

By: HeadBurro Antfarm

HeadBurro Antfarm — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:03:49 +0000

Ooooo! Damn! I knew I forgot something (sorry – was having fun ranting) I don’t hate the BBC, I actually quite love them. And I certainly don’t fear them – they are far too badly organised to fear

By: OTT? Moi? « Backpacking Burro

OTT? Moi? « Backpacking Burro — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:28:04 +0000

[...] now. A pingback from a blog about shrinks in SL sneering down on all that have the brass neck to get angry at something they hadn’t [...]

By: HBA

HBA — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:49:15 +0000

Huh? A pingback? Go on then, I’ll take a looksee…

To answer your question why I went all foamy mouth Britney guy, well quite simply for the fun of it. I took a load of crappy crappola from work and transfered it to that instead. Oh, and I like swearing. Really like it. My post has no more depth than a puddle of water and the same amount of validity as your own.

So cheer up! Look on the bright side! Good old Aunty gave us both something to blog about and fill the emptiness of our lives with one more post. Although mine was, I’m sure you’ll agree, far more sweary. And funnier.

Oh, and I’ll bite at the end – who are you to say what I should get angry about. I’m guessing there’s a ton of stuff that wouldn’t make me blink but would push your buttons just how you like it. You seem a smart fella doing a clever-sounding post about whatever it is it’s about – don’t end on a dumb note like that. Or at least put some swearing in to drive home the point you’re sneering at me – come on, add some conviction to your sneers man!