Ok, Im going to respond to this before it goes any further.
so it is I who has turned into a "nasty piece of work"... says the man spraying profanities and spittle all over the room...
...what you have done is call me a string of names such as "cretin", "uneducated", "prick", infer that i am stupid ("are you still trying to understand From Hell?") ---- all in an attempt to shut down discussion, and silence the non-white who cries racism.
First of all, I described the person who wrote those notes as a cretin. If Id known it was you I mightve been more diplomatic.
I didnt call you uneducated. I said you should 'educate yourself', specifically in relation to Moore and the work in question.
I did call you a prick and a twat. Both times in response to cheap racial comments that had no relevance. 'White dude, 'caucasian person'? seriously? If ever I saw an attempt to 'stifle debate' thats it. You picked a terrible example, were called out on it, and then said that I couldnt be right because Im 'white'
I made the comment about From Hell because you had trouble with understanding a part of it. This IMO is directly relevant to your interpretation of this piece.
to your favorite comic writer? by questioning the integrity of his publishing house? by not understanding the irony, and appreciating the finesse of this anti-racist story which only "seems" racist to the uneducated, ignorant, and dense?
He's not my favourite comics writer.
what if i am someone who did not know who Alan Moore is before now, who found this story racist and perpetuating racist stereotypes?
Youd be exactly like someone who saw this scene from mad men and concluded that mad men was therefore racist - wrong:
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You havent even read Promethea have you (You never answered that question)? You downloaded that anthology and immediately decided to cast judgement. Did you even notice the caveat on the contents page?
So no, I dont feel i owe you an apology (as your original post requested). You've made spurious accusations of racism towards me for the third or fourth time, and when I responded to your cheap attempts to bring my genetics into the issue you then proceeded to tell me that I wasnt Asian enough to have experienced racism. Thats all way more offensive than a 'fuck you' IMO.
I do regret the profanities though, as its given you another excuse to spin your ego-driven victim fantasy where you crusade against white racist hetro hegemony on Dissensus, so Im more than happy to apologise to the rest of the board for my most unparlimentary language.
EDIT And might I add - you put 'only a moron would think that was racist' in quotes - I never said that. You also brought up the Black Athena thing AGAIN, and completely misrepresented me, accusing me of racism AGAIN.
Thats what bothers me most about all this TBH. Ive known you for years, and we've disagreed about plenty of stuff before, but now your being genuinely deceitful and using cheap and nasty methods to try and win arguments and smear me as a racist.
Good luck Zhao. Youre on my ignore list. i suggest you reciprocate.