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title=''/><author><name>珊珊李</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15512305428749211968</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://marionetteblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/scott-kurtz-will-get-his-dad-on-you.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994365.post-6419267025618844812' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14994365/posts/default/6419267025618844812' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994365.post-2517325467324057032</id><published>2007-06-23T09:50:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2007-06-23T09:50:00.000+01:00</updated><title type='text'>It's very difficult to hold one's ground, but Mari...</title><content type='html'>&lt;I&gt;It's very difficult to hold one's ground, but Mari does it beautifully, and inoffensively. Bravo! Kurtz and his Kurtzies, poorly played out. I now have no regard for this man nor his fans. They are all biased, and far more ill read than the poor author of this article. To have stated otherwise is simply foolish on their parts, because it is obvious they can not be unbiased.&lt;/I&gt; &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;...Do I really need to say anything? Come on. "They are -all-"?</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14994365/6419267025618844812/comments/default/2517325467324057032'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14994365/6419267025618844812/comments/default/2517325467324057032'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marionetteblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/scott-kurtz-will-get-his-dad-on-you.html?showComment=1182588600000#c2517325467324057032' title=''/><author><name>Zeke Roberts</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://marionetteblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/scott-kurtz-will-get-his-dad-on-you.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994365.post-6419267025618844812' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14994365/posts/default/6419267025618844812' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994365.post-1597371465894531966</id><published>2007-05-29T14:23:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2007-05-29T14:23:00.000+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Wow, every fan of Scott Kurtz is less well-read th...</title><content type='html'>Wow, every fan of Scott Kurtz is less well-read than Mari just for liking PvP? In that case, could Mari please help me with my essay on Beowulf? I was going to ask my tutor but now I've found someone automatically more literate than myself just because I like a certain thing.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Thanks Court Jester for your Solomon-like wisdom and judgement.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14994365/6419267025618844812/comments/default/1597371465894531966'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14994365/6419267025618844812/comments/default/1597371465894531966'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marionetteblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/scott-kurtz-will-get-his-dad-on-you.html?showComment=1180444980000#c1597371465894531966' title=''/><author><name>Ovenready</name><uri>http://fourthfloorcomics.comicgenesis.com/</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://marionetteblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/scott-kurtz-will-get-his-dad-on-you.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994365.post-6419267025618844812' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14994365/posts/default/6419267025618844812' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994365.post-6565978053026653477</id><published>2007-05-25T12:26:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2007-05-25T12:26:00.000+01:00</updated><title type='text'>I don't know either of these people, but I do agre...</title><content type='html'>I don't know either of these people, but I do agree that there was no call for any of this, mostly from Mr. Kurtz.  Because everyone is subject to their own view, we have critics.  So, it should have been him being quiet and letting people have their say, rather than ending as the fool of the day.  For as it is seen, no professional author would ever have been so petty over something so trivial.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;B&gt;An overview of the stupidity:&lt;/B&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;It was the author of the comic's poor attitude toward his fans opinions that the author of this blog had any issue with.  Neither the author of the comic, nor the extremist fans have done anything but damage the reputation of the comic and it's author with the commentary.  Scott Kurtz comments have been of a persuasive nature, though subtly written.  His fans have been more extreme.  Marionette and her friends simply stated time and again that none of what people were accusing her of was what she had implied or otherwise stated.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;It's very difficult to hold one's ground, but Mari does it beautifully, and inoffensively.  Bravo!  Kurtz and his Kurtzies, poorly played out.  I now have no regard for this man nor his fans.  They are all biased, and far more ill read than the poor author of this article.  To have stated otherwise is simply foolish on their parts, because it is obvious they can not be unbiased.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;And unlike every one else, I can say all of this with a complete, unbiased point of view.  There's no way that I can be, I have had no other influence than this whole discussion and the points stated by all the members.  My opinion is not of the comic, but of the discussion itself, and the senselessness of it all.  I have thoroughly read it and have perfect clarity of every single person's point of view on the discussion.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;**Let it stand with this**&lt;BR/&gt;No one is at fault.  Every fan must have a point where they are not satisfied with what they are given.  Either with the author of a comic strip and his actions toward his fans views, or through the material that they present readers with.  Whatever the case or circumstance, we all have a right to object or agree.  But seeking out people whom  we feel threaten us, or those we hold in high regard, is bordering on obsessive and disturbing behavior.  That is not an appropriate action, and should have  no place here, nor on any other blog.  I think that much everyone can agree upon.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14994365/6419267025618844812/comments/default/6565978053026653477'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14994365/6419267025618844812/comments/default/6565978053026653477'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marionetteblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/scott-kurtz-will-get-his-dad-on-you.html?showComment=1180092360000#c6565978053026653477' title=''/><author><name>Court Jester</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07439913346748818021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://marionetteblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/scott-kurtz-will-get-his-dad-on-you.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994365.post-6419267025618844812' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14994365/posts/default/6419267025618844812' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994365.post-2773909187398083230</id><published>2007-05-22T19:31:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2007-05-22T19:31:00.000+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Mari, I read your blog fairly often, and I usually...</title><content type='html'>Mari, I read your blog fairly often, and I usually agree with you... but I personally don't feel that Scott was being sexist in that strip or in his response.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14994365/6419267025618844812/comments/default/2773909187398083230'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14994365/6419267025618844812/comments/default/2773909187398083230'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marionetteblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/scott-kurtz-will-get-his-dad-on-you.html?showComment=1179858660000#c2773909187398083230' title=''/><author><name>Starline</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09625877382887232255</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://marionetteblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/scott-kurtz-will-get-his-dad-on-you.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994365.post-6419267025618844812' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14994365/posts/default/6419267025618844812' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994365.post-4936030398595594127</id><published>2007-05-21T15:48:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2007-05-21T15:48:00.000+01:00</updated><title type='text'>I think a fundamental problem that Scott or anyone...</title><content type='html'>I think a fundamental problem that Scott or anyone else defending PvP faces is the fact that Scott is male. It doesn't matter that:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;a) Scott recognises some of his characters objectify women but he himself is not a sexist&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;b) He considers his wife superior to him&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;c) PvP is a comic in which a range of characters - homosexual, heterosexual, male, female and even a-sexual - have a voice.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;None of that matters to Marionette because she knows she is right and that everyone else is wrong. That seems pretty obvious to me.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;However, I will say this. I have been reading PvP for seven years. I have read all of the archives. I consider myself to be a free-thinking, open-minded person. I am an anti-racist and an anti-sexist. Those things are abhorrent to me.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Looking at PvP, I can see nothing that leads me to conclude that Scott Kurtz hates women or feels women to be inferior, subservient or weak in any way (that is the definition of sexism, right?). Despite this, Marionette will permanently have the high-ground because at the end of the day Scott is a male author. He writes with his male brain from a male perspective about male interests. People will always be able to play the sexism card against him, regardless of how justifiable it is to do so.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Let's gain a little perspective here. We're talking about a comic strip. This is the realm of ironically-presented opinions, jokes, contradictions, silliness, parody and pantomime. Should anyone be taking PvP quite this seriously? While we're at it let's discuss the unfair portrayal of foxes in Disney's Pinocchio or perhaps the portrayal of carpenters in 'The Miller's Tale'?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;"Remember, Grasshopper, the only thing more beautiful than a nipple is the promise of a nipple."&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;How can anyone take that seriously? Come on! Grasshopper? Please.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14994365/6419267025618844812/comments/default/4936030398595594127'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14994365/6419267025618844812/comments/default/4936030398595594127'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marionetteblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/scott-kurtz-will-get-his-dad-on-you.html?showComment=1179758880000#c4936030398595594127' title=''/><author><name>Ovenready</name><uri>http://fourthfloorcomics.comicgenesis.com/</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://marionetteblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/scott-kurtz-will-get-his-dad-on-you.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994365.post-6419267025618844812' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14994365/posts/default/6419267025618844812' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994365.post-4194408435105774574</id><published>2007-05-21T11:07:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2007-05-21T11:07:00.000+01:00</updated><title type='text'>It was a comic about how men like breasts.That isn...</title><content type='html'>It was a comic about how men like breasts.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;That isn't sexist.  If you think men liking to look at breats is sexist, I suggest you pull you head out of your ass and perhaps take a basic biology course.  Christ.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14994365/6419267025618844812/comments/default/4194408435105774574'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14994365/6419267025618844812/comments/default/4194408435105774574'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marionetteblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/scott-kurtz-will-get-his-dad-on-you.html?showComment=1179742020000#c4194408435105774574' title=''/><author><name>Monroe</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://marionetteblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/scott-kurtz-will-get-his-dad-on-you.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994365.post-6419267025618844812' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14994365/posts/default/6419267025618844812' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994365.post-2325072287571776279</id><published>2007-05-20T23:35:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2007-05-20T23:35:00.000+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Wow... such rubbish over a non-issue. Reading thro...</title><content type='html'>Wow... such rubbish over a non-issue. Reading through the tripe was an utter waste of my time -- so much so that I've conceded to wasting another couple minutes out of my day to respond to the idiocy. Amazing the foolishness you wander into while surfing the 'net. Have fun tilting at windmills...</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14994365/6419267025618844812/comments/default/2325072287571776279'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14994365/6419267025618844812/comments/default/2325072287571776279'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marionetteblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/scott-kurtz-will-get-his-dad-on-you.html?showComment=1179700500000#c2325072287571776279' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://marionetteblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/scott-kurtz-will-get-his-dad-on-you.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994365.post-6419267025618844812' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14994365/posts/default/6419267025618844812' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994365.post-4076957707845914377</id><published>2007-05-20T00:38:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2007-05-20T00:38:00.000+01:00</updated><title type='text'>You're assuming he didn't ask any woman's opinion,...</title><content type='html'>&lt;I&gt;You're assuming he didn't ask any woman's opinion, because you're assuming any woman would be offended. So what if he HAD drawn the image of his wife instead of his dad? What if it had been GWEN instead of Brent admiring the promise of nipples with Cole? Does adding a female voice automatically subtract objectification?&lt;/I&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Rubbish.  I'm assuming he didn't ask any woman's opinion because he has at no point said that he asked a woman's opinion. If it had been his wife supporting him instead of his dad it would make a whole world of difference. I don't presume to assume that she would agree with me, I'm saying that not asking her  is the mistake. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;What if it had been Gwen?  It would have shown some balance; some equality of lechery. It would have made a difference.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;I&gt;What's inappropriate is often a matter of opinion. I didn't find it inappropriate, but you did.&lt;/I&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Which is the big problem here. You have no problem with sexist behaviour and attitudes.  I do, therefore I blog about it. I'm not the only one. Check out my &lt;I&gt;When Fangirls Attack&lt;/I&gt; link if you think I'm an isolated voice.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;I&gt;I never said I didn't have a problem with being objectified. I merely pointed out that I didn't think it qualified as objectification.&lt;/I&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;And I do.  It's personal opinion.  You can't complain I'm insisting you hold my opinion and then demand I hold yours.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;I&gt;What I believe in is freedom of speech. You want the man to censor what he writes before he publishes it to fit in with your moral structure. You don't have the right to demand that of him.&lt;/I&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Is that one on the Comics Feminist Bingo card?  I think it may be. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Yes, here it is.  I quote:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;I&gt;No, censorship would be if the critic was heading a government body and inspecting each title before it came out, with the ability to prevent the publication of anything that violated the guidelines of that body.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Unless that is what the critic is doing, or proposing others do, what they are engaging in is critique, not censorship.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Personally, I’m not interested in censoring things. I want people to stop depicting women so poorly in comic books, but I want them to stop because they realise it’s fucking dumb, not because there’s someone with a rubber stamp hovering suspiciously above each page. If criticism contributes to people realising that depicting women so poorly is fucking dumb – and I have an inbox says it does – then that is awesome.&lt;/I&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Further details at http://girl-wonder.org/girlsreadcomics/index.php?entry=entry070518-204342&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Why is &lt;I&gt;Bomb Queen&lt;/I&gt; different from this?  If you can't see it then it's going to take more time than I have right now to explain. Might just be simpler if you read some more of Karen Healey's &lt;I&gt;Girls Read Comics&lt;/I&gt; column.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;I&gt;Why does jokingly admiring a "side boob shot" automatically equate "Women are plastic dolls and their brains mean nothing to us"? Where's the jump here?&lt;/I&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The jump is that you see nothing wrong with the sexism in this comic, and appear unaware of or unconcerned with any feminist issues in comics or the rest of the world. I don't see how any woman can go through life without being constantly bugged about male attitudes, but that's just me.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14994365/6419267025618844812/comments/default/4076957707845914377'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14994365/6419267025618844812/comments/default/4076957707845914377'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marionetteblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/scott-kurtz-will-get-his-dad-on-you.html?showComment=1179617880000#c4076957707845914377' title=''/><author><name>Marionette</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06985975073151200366</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03875980020865746775'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://marionetteblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/scott-kurtz-will-get-his-dad-on-you.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994365.post-6419267025618844812' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14994365/posts/default/6419267025618844812' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994365.post-2132822715383338358</id><published>2007-05-19T22:42:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2007-05-19T22:42:00.000+01:00</updated><title type='text'>"Jamie, where have I ever said that I am the Voice...</title><content type='html'>&lt;I&gt;"Jamie, where have I ever said that I am the Voice of All Women? I must have missed that bit."&lt;/I&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;It's right here: &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;I&gt;"At least if you drew pictures of your mother or your wife standing up and supporting you it would look as though you actually cared enough about whether the comic was offensive to women to actually ask one."&lt;/I&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;You're assuming he didn't ask any  woman's opinion, because you're assuming any woman would be offended.  So what if he HAD drawn the image of his wife instead of his dad?  What if it had been GWEN instead of Brent admiring  the promise of nipples with Cole? Does adding a female voice automatically subtract objectification?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;I&gt;"Sure, everyone has inappropriate thoughts, but &lt;B&gt;they also know they are inappropriate, &lt;/B&gt;and stuff gets discussed in the locker room that you'd never repeat in mixed company.&lt;/I&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;What's inappropriate is often a matter of opinion.  I didn't find it inappropriate, but you did.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;I&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;"&lt;B&gt;I think&lt;/B&gt; if you are going to parody bad behaviour then you need to include some kind of hint that it is bad behaviour."&lt;/I&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;A matter of personal opinion, and a form of censorship.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;I&gt;&lt;BR/&gt; "Of course if you don't have a problem with being objectified, then you're in the wrong corner of the internet."&lt;/I&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I never said I didn't have a problem with being objectified. I merely pointed out that I didn't think it qualified as objectification. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;I&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;"I don't insist you do anything. Even Scott agrees some of his comics objectify women and are sexist. As far as I can gather from your rather vague diatribe, you believe that's okay."&lt;/I&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;What I believe in is freedom of speech. You want the man to censor what he writes before he publishes it to fit in with your moral structure.  You don't have the right to demand that of him. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;"I take it you haven't seen my review of Bomb Queen where I complain that there aren't enough nipples on display."&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Ok, so why is THAT acceptable? Because it came from YOU? That sounds quite a bit more like objectification to me. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;"I have considered your way of thinking and I reject it, but if you are happy with people judging you purely as a plastic doll, that's your choice. Far be it from me to insist anyone treat you like a person."&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Boy, you like putting words in my mouth, and yet get upset when you think I'm reducing you to a "body hating fetishist".    Why does jokingly admiring a "side boob shot" automatically equate "Women are plastic dolls and their brains mean nothing to us"?  Where's the jump here? Did The characters say it to Jade or any of the other girls in the strip?  If your complaint was that it was in mixed company, well for them, all guys were featured in the strip and the joke was going out to the male readers.  Just like the video game jokes go out to the video game playing readers. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Look how nasty you got with me. You assumed a lot of incorrect things about me, were dismissive, insulting and antagonistic - and yet these are the very things you were complaining about in regards to Scott.  You are a hypocrite.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14994365/6419267025618844812/comments/default/2132822715383338358'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14994365/6419267025618844812/comments/default/2132822715383338358'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marionetteblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/scott-kurtz-will-get-his-dad-on-you.html?showComment=1179610920000#c2132822715383338358' title=''/><author><name>Jamie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09873170756524552765</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://marionetteblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/scott-kurtz-will-get-his-dad-on-you.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994365.post-6419267025618844812' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14994365/posts/default/6419267025618844812' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994365.post-7582522378606375413</id><published>2007-05-19T16:59:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2007-05-19T16:59:00.000+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Jamie, where have I ever said that I am the Voice ...</title><content type='html'>Jamie, where have I ever said that I am the Voice of All Women?  I must have missed that bit.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;I&gt;Do you deny that there are real men who act in the way the characters in the comic are portrayed?&lt;/I&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Yeah, I think I covered that in the post immediately before yours where I say &lt;I&gt;"Sure, everyone has inappropriate thoughts, but they also know they are inappropriate, and stuff gets discussed in the locker room that you'd never repeat in mixed company."&lt;/I&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;I&gt;If the characters in the comic are meant to parody and occasionally reflect REALITY, why should the artist/writer change them so that they are completely politically correct, inoffensive and no longer resemble their real life counterparts, because some of the readers don't like those kinds of people?&lt;/I&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Because when they repeatedly behave badly with no consequence the writer is implying that he considers this behaviour acceptable. Francis calls things he doesn't like "gay" and never so much as gets told to grow up and stop being an offensive little twat, let alone get the slap he rightly deserves. Result: Scott gives tacit approval to this behaviour.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I think if you are going to parody bad behaviour then you need to include some kind of hint that it is bad behaviour. Of course if you don't have a problem with being objectified, then you're in the wrong corner of the internet.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;I&gt;Please try to refrain from imposing your horror of the human body on the rest of us.&lt;/I&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;So now I'm some body hating fetishist because I don't like being reduced to a sex toy? I take it you haven't seen my review of Bomb Queen where I complain that there aren't enough nipples on display.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;And the reason nobody has mentioned the cartoon violence in the comic is because this discussion is not about violence in PVP.  We already covered that in a seperate article several months ago.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;I&gt;He can't ignore your criticism, but it's okay for you to ignore or insult anyone who criticises YOUR criticism? All your fans jumping on the bandwagon to support you against Kurtz are just as guilty as you accuse him of being.&lt;/I&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I don't even understand what you are saying here. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;For the record, he did not dismiss my criticism.  Quite the opposite. He engaged it, and even invites me to come debate it with him on his podcast. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;I&gt;Why do you insist we switch to YOUR way of thinking about this whole situation, and yet you won't even truly consider OURS?&lt;/I&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I don't insist you do anything. Even Scott agrees some of his comics objectify women and are sexist. As far as I can gather from your rather vague diatribe, you believe that's okay.  I have considered your way of thinking and I reject it, but if you are happy with people judging you purely as a plastic doll, that's your choice. Far be it from me to insist anyone treat you like a person.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14994365/6419267025618844812/comments/default/7582522378606375413'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14994365/6419267025618844812/comments/default/7582522378606375413'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marionetteblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/scott-kurtz-will-get-his-dad-on-you.html?showComment=1179590340000#c7582522378606375413' title=''/><author><name>Marionette</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06985975073151200366</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03875980020865746775'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://marionetteblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/scott-kurtz-will-get-his-dad-on-you.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994365.post-6419267025618844812' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14994365/posts/default/6419267025618844812' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994365.post-6761963406387107728</id><published>2007-05-19T13:27:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2007-05-19T13:27:00.000+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Mari, I understand your point about female readers...</title><content type='html'>Mari, I understand your point about female readers possibly being offended by male appreciation of our bodies. But please don't act like you speak for ALL of Scott's female readers. Some may be offended, some not. I was not. An artist cannot please all of the people, all of the time, nor should they feel they have to.  Do you deny that there are real men who act in the way the characters in the comic are portrayed?  If the characters in the comic are meant to parody and occasionally reflect REALITY, why should the artist/writer change them so that they are completely politically correct, inoffensive and no longer resemble their real life counterparts, because some of the readers don't like those kinds of people?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;And what the heck is wrong with appreciation of a woman's body anyway?  You'd be flattered if they pointed out how lovely a girl's eyes were or hair, but they're not supposed to look at any other part of us?!  Are we women not allowed to look at some guys lovely biceps and muscled chest, because someone might think we're objectifying them?  Please try to refrain from imposing your horror of the human body on the rest of us. (And I notice not one person has said ANYTHING about any of the characters getting mauled by wildlife or hacked to bits by admantium claws.  Violence is ok, but apparently physical attraction is not)&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;And as for the criticism thing - oh please. He can't ignore your criticism, but it's okay for you to ignore or insult anyone who criticises YOUR criticism? All your fans jumping on the bandwagon to support you against Kurtz are just as guilty as you accuse him of being.   &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;He dismissed your criticism. Your life will go on. His life will go on. MY life will go on. An amazing number of us still find his jokes funny and will continue to read his comic. Why do you insist we switch to YOUR way of thinking about this whole situation, and yet you won't even truly consider OURS?</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14994365/6419267025618844812/comments/default/6761963406387107728'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14994365/6419267025618844812/comments/default/6761963406387107728'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marionetteblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/scott-kurtz-will-get-his-dad-on-you.html?showComment=1179577620000#c6761963406387107728' title=''/><author><name>Jamie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09873170756524552765</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://marionetteblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/scott-kurtz-will-get-his-dad-on-you.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994365.post-6419267025618844812' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14994365/posts/default/6419267025618844812' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994365.post-354031920767095856</id><published>2007-05-19T06:18:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2007-05-19T06:18:00.000+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Scott, you clearly are thinking about this more th...</title><content type='html'>Scott, you clearly are thinking about this more than I gave you credit for, and more than you appear to be sometimes when you go for the snark instead of addressing the issue, so I'll state my case, rather than picking at every detail.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;My original criticism was not so much the sexism of the strip, but your reaction to it (hence the title of my article).  One male backing up another on the subject of whether something might offend women wreaks of male privileage.  You mention your wife, but have you ever asked her opinion on the subject of whether something you are doing might make your female readers uncomfortable?  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I did not say the comic was sexist, I said the comic contained some sexist episodes.  Which you agreed on.  These are often pretty mild, but at no point do you ever suggest that there is anything wrong with this viewpoint.  Sure, everyone has inappropriate thoughts, but they also know they are inappropriate, and stuff gets discussed in the locker room that you'd never repeat in mixed company. If you'd only ever have some acknowledgement of that difference then it wouldn't be so bad.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;And just because you don't find any portion of your comic sexist does not mean that no one else will. I mean clearly that's not the case. I didn't see the original criticism to this one, so I don't know what was said, but you felt the need to respond to it.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;And yes, I know you have a lot of happy readers.  I've read some of their comments on your forum. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;And I am always up for a reasoned debate on a subject, but I don't have the necessary equipment to take part in a podcast type of thing.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14994365/6419267025618844812/comments/default/354031920767095856'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14994365/6419267025618844812/comments/default/354031920767095856'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marionetteblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/scott-kurtz-will-get-his-dad-on-you.html?showComment=1179551880000#c354031920767095856' title=''/><author><name>Marionette</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06985975073151200366</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03875980020865746775'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://marionetteblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/scott-kurtz-will-get-his-dad-on-you.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994365.post-6419267025618844812' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14994365/posts/default/6419267025618844812' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994365.post-6650023244695906481</id><published>2007-05-19T05:23:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2007-05-19T05:23:00.000+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Marionette,You should come on to my podcast as a g...</title><content type='html'>Marionette,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;You should come on to my podcast as a guest and discuss this with us. I think it would make a great show and maybe we could each make our points better than is possible in text.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;email me at kurtz@pvponline.com and we can discuss it more.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14994365/6419267025618844812/comments/default/6650023244695906481'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14994365/6419267025618844812/comments/default/6650023244695906481'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marionetteblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/scott-kurtz-will-get-his-dad-on-you.html?showComment=1179548580000#c6650023244695906481' title=''/><author><name>Scott</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14414050319555116067</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://marionetteblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/scott-kurtz-will-get-his-dad-on-you.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994365.post-6419267025618844812' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14994365/posts/default/6419267025618844812' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994365.post-6883173222036802722</id><published>2007-05-19T05:15:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2007-05-19T05:15:00.000+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Marionette,How could I do a strip where Brent and ...</title><content type='html'>Marionette,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;How could I do a strip where Brent and Cole salute the use of partial nudity in film, and not admit that the strip sometimes objectifies women?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;If your point is that PvP is sexist, then no, I don't think I've made your point. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I've been married for 11 years and I consider my wife to be more than an equal. In almost every way she's a superior person to me. She's smarter, she's got a much stronger faith than I do, and overall, she's got it emotionally together much better than I do. I never have and never will consider her subservient to me.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;That being said, she's got great tits, and I love banging her. I find her to be incredibly sexy. I love pinching her ass when she walks by.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Does that make me sexist? If my characters express the same feelings towards each other are THEY sexist?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Fat jokes are hilarious. You can find a lot of them in my strip. I'm not going to be offended by fat jokes because fat people are funny by nature.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;There's a difference between hearing a good fat joke and someone trying to hurt me by making a personal attack and pointing out what a fat slob I am.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I don't find any portion of my comic to be sexist. When I write, I want my comic to hold up a mirror to the way people really think and act. And through my storylines I can show the consequences for those thoughts and actions.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Like I said, If you can point me to a sexist strip, that supports your notion that I'm some sexist pig and consider women to be nothing than sexual objects, I'll stand corrected and you'll have supported your point.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;One of my characters, Miranda, has been a part of small storyarcs that add up to one big character arc. Her story is about being born very pretty, and using sex as a weapon and defense mechanism. And I've been showing the negative consequences of that.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Seriously, I just don't thin you're well read enough in PvP. It's not a sexist strip.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I will say this. If my intent is NOT to be sexist, and I'm still offending a lot of people, then maybe I'm not getting my point across well enough.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;So far, the vast majority of my readers are getting the point.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;What do you think?</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14994365/6419267025618844812/comments/default/6883173222036802722'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14994365/6419267025618844812/comments/default/6883173222036802722'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marionetteblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/scott-kurtz-will-get-his-dad-on-you.html?showComment=1179548100000#c6883173222036802722' title=''/><author><name>Scott</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14414050319555116067</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://marionetteblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/scott-kurtz-will-get-his-dad-on-you.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994365.post-6419267025618844812' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14994365/posts/default/6419267025618844812' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994365.post-1603183943211520173</id><published>2007-05-19T03:51:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2007-05-19T03:51:00.000+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Scott, for the sake of argument I'll take your wor...</title><content type='html'>Scott, for the sake of argument I'll take your word for now that you the real Scott Kurtz and not some troll, even though you offer no proof that you're just not another troll.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;I&gt;Do I do strips that objectify women into sexual objects? Yes. I do. My male characters and their love of boobs is well documented and a long-time running gag of the strip.&lt;/I&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;So you admit that you objectify women in your comic through your male characters.  That rather makes my point on its own, doesn't it?  Sure, not all of your comics are like this, not even a lot of them are, but how many need to be sexist before it's okay for me to point it out? How many boob jokes do you have to make before I'm entitled to be offended? &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;How many fat jokes can you take before &lt;I&gt;you're&lt;/I&gt; offended? Or should it be up to the person telling the jokes to decide whether you are entitled to?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I was going to respond to the rest of what you said, point by point, but I honestly don't see the need, now.  If what you believe is that it's okay for some arbitary proportion of your comics to be sexist, then the only other thing I have to say is you do your homework: go look up &lt;I&gt;Male Entitlement&lt;/I&gt; before you do your next boob joke.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14994365/6419267025618844812/comments/default/1603183943211520173'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14994365/6419267025618844812/comments/default/1603183943211520173'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marionetteblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/scott-kurtz-will-get-his-dad-on-you.html?showComment=1179543060000#c1603183943211520173' title=''/><author><name>Marionette</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06985975073151200366</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03875980020865746775'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://marionetteblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/scott-kurtz-will-get-his-dad-on-you.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994365.post-6419267025618844812' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14994365/posts/default/6419267025618844812' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994365.post-1504385750536417905</id><published>2007-05-19T00:19:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2007-05-19T00:19:00.000+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Mari, like most of my critics, you're not very wel...</title><content type='html'>&lt;I&gt;Mari, like most of my critics, you're not very well read&lt;/I&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;And the Kurtz, make an attack on the critic defense returns.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Thanks Scott, I can use the 4 bucks a month I've been using to buy your comic to buy something else.  I'm done...</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14994365/6419267025618844812/comments/default/1504385750536417905'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14994365/6419267025618844812/comments/default/1504385750536417905'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marionetteblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/scott-kurtz-will-get-his-dad-on-you.html?showComment=1179530340000#c1504385750536417905' title=''/><author><name>LurkerWithout</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03540770911478925992</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://marionetteblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/scott-kurtz-will-get-his-dad-on-you.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994365.post-6419267025618844812' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14994365/posts/default/6419267025618844812' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994365.post-8980805216169178730</id><published>2007-05-18T18:54:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2007-05-18T18:54:00.000+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Mari,First of all, this is really Scott Kurtz. I f...</title><content type='html'>Mari,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;First of all, this is really Scott Kurtz. I found your blog post via Journalista and got interested in the comments because, frankly, Matt Morrison is posting in here. He really makes me chuckle. So, let me address a couple issues directly and see if maybe I can't help you understand where I'm coming from.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;On the subject of sexism (which, is  the point of this article since you keep bringing up that PvP is sexist), you're off base. I could appreciate an honest and well thought out criticism of my work, but that's not what you're offering. Like so many other critics, you start off by distancing yourself from my work. I think this is a defense mechanism, maybe. I preemptive way of letting people know you DON'T like PvP, even though you clearly do, otherwise you wouldn't be reading it every day to have been offended by it. So you already set yourself up to be discredited because you begin by claiming an inadequate knowledge of my whole body of work.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Do I do strips that objectify women into sexual objects? Yes. I do. My male characters and their love of boobs is well documented and a long-time running gag of the strip. Does the entirety of my work objectify women? No. Is the entire body of my work sexist? No. You're picking one strip out of over 3000 strips that define my characters and their thoughts on each other and each of the sexes.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Your second issue is with my apparent dismissal of my critics by offering up a representation of my father to defend me. My father did defend me and those are his words. I did not put them in his mouth. The strip was based off an actual email he sent me.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;On top of it all, the strip itself shows my father, at the end of the strip, joining my critics and insisting that I watch my language and show more decorum. It was self-effacing and honest.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Mari, like most of my critics, you're not very well read, you don't seem to have a valid point and you have absolutely no decent examples to back up your theories as to my motivations. You seem angry and looking for a fight. You're projecting on me. You're accusatory (assuming my current strip is nothing more of a lead in to make it appropriate for my character to ACTUALLY be sexist) and insulting.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I would suggest the following:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;1) Do your homework.&lt;BR/&gt;2) Have a point.&lt;BR/&gt;3) Use examples to illustrate your point and support your opinions.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I hope that this helps. Good luck in all your blogging adventures.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14994365/6419267025618844812/comments/default/8980805216169178730'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14994365/6419267025618844812/comments/default/8980805216169178730'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marionetteblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/scott-kurtz-will-get-his-dad-on-you.html?showComment=1179510840000#c8980805216169178730' title=''/><author><name>Scott</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14414050319555116067</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://marionetteblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/scott-kurtz-will-get-his-dad-on-you.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994365.post-6419267025618844812' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14994365/posts/default/6419267025618844812' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994365.post-1204540452409034499</id><published>2007-05-18T11:15:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2007-05-18T11:15:00.000+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Actually all she needs to get trolls who can't spe...</title><content type='html'>Actually all she needs to get trolls who can't spell "faggot" is to mock FFVIII.  Man Square has some idiot fan-boys...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;As for Kurtz I look forward to his angry rebuttal strip.  And by look forward I mean, wonder if it will be the final NOT FUNNY bitter crank strip that pushes me to the point where I &lt;B&gt;stop giving him money&lt;/B&gt;...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Seriously Mr. Kurtz learn to accept or ignore criticism and move on.  PLEASE...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;And Mari, I hope that the next thing that brings you back to blogging is to point out something you enjoy, 'cause I miss your blog...</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14994365/6419267025618844812/comments/default/1204540452409034499'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14994365/6419267025618844812/comments/default/1204540452409034499'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marionetteblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/scott-kurtz-will-get-his-dad-on-you.html?showComment=1179483300000#c1204540452409034499' title=''/><author><name>LurkerWithout</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03540770911478925992</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://marionetteblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/scott-kurtz-will-get-his-dad-on-you.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994365.post-6419267025618844812' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14994365/posts/default/6419267025618844812' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994365.post-2331362468619810187</id><published>2007-05-18T06:29:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2007-05-18T06:29:00.000+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Just as well. What blog needs two annoying stalker...</title><content type='html'>&lt;I&gt;Just as well. What blog needs two annoying stalkers? &lt;/I&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;You only have two?  I'll be happy to let you have some of mine.  What will you give me for a stalker who is unable to spell the phrase "commie faggot"?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Ah, I have missed you Mari. :)</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14994365/6419267025618844812/comments/default/2331362468619810187'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14994365/6419267025618844812/comments/default/2331362468619810187'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marionetteblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/scott-kurtz-will-get-his-dad-on-you.html?showComment=1179466140000#c2331362468619810187' title=''/><author><name>"Starman" Matt Morrison</name><uri>http://looking2dastars.livejournal.com</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://marionetteblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/scott-kurtz-will-get-his-dad-on-you.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994365.post-6419267025618844812' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14994365/posts/default/6419267025618844812' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994365.post-1869196038657134254</id><published>2007-05-18T04:46:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2007-05-18T04:46:00.000+01:00</updated><title type='text'>"And you are right. It doesn't matter if you belei...</title><content type='html'>&lt;I&gt;"And you are right. It doesn't matter if you beleive what I said, since I am not trying to speak for Scott. If he feels the need to give this any more of his attention, he will."&lt;/I&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I think he's moved on to jokes about grabbing boobs now.  Of course it's "okay" because the two characters are in a relationship, though it's an obvious setup for the guy to grope the wrong woman by mistake. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I was just starting to read PVP more regularly.  It's been okay for a few months (apart from the cringeworthy "gay" sequence), but it now seems to be digging itself a  niche between 1970's farce and Beavis &amp; Butthead, so I'll be making like a rat and jumping ship now.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;I&gt;"Personally, I am just going to let this drop."&lt;/I&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Just as well.  What blog needs two annoying stalkers?</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14994365/6419267025618844812/comments/default/1869196038657134254'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14994365/6419267025618844812/comments/default/1869196038657134254'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marionetteblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/scott-kurtz-will-get-his-dad-on-you.html?showComment=1179459960000#c1869196038657134254' title=''/><author><name>Marionette</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06985975073151200366</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03875980020865746775'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://marionetteblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/scott-kurtz-will-get-his-dad-on-you.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994365.post-6419267025618844812' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14994365/posts/default/6419267025618844812' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994365.post-3276120196891899943</id><published>2007-05-18T04:30:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2007-05-18T04:30:00.000+01:00</updated><title type='text'>This is getting redundant, I'm getting pretty bore...</title><content type='html'>This is getting redundant, I'm getting pretty bored with it, but I will give it one more shot.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;How is it pathetic for Scott to employ a gag that he has been employing for years, and that his readers have come to expect?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I have always found Scott's responses to his detractors humorous and self-deprecating. But he is far more likely to accept criticism from those who have actual criticism. Calling someone sad and pathetic is not criticism, it's just insulting.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Matt, it's obvious from these and past writings that you either have some grudge against Scott, or just have some sort of personal problem with him and his work. So I know I'm not going to convince you.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;And you are right. It doesn't matter if you beleive what I said, since I am not trying to speak for Scott. If he feels the need to give this any more of his attention, he will.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Personally, I am just going to let this drop.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14994365/6419267025618844812/comments/default/3276120196891899943'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14994365/6419267025618844812/comments/default/3276120196891899943'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marionetteblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/scott-kurtz-will-get-his-dad-on-you.html?showComment=1179459000000#c3276120196891899943' title=''/><author><name>Electric Jesus</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08185551621357105949</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://marionetteblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/scott-kurtz-will-get-his-dad-on-you.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994365.post-6419267025618844812' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14994365/posts/default/6419267025618844812' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994365.post-1832026630586376765</id><published>2007-05-18T04:09:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2007-05-18T04:09:00.000+01:00</updated><title type='text'>I question the validity of those original complain...</title><content type='html'>&lt;I&gt;I question the validity of those original complaints. &lt;/I&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;And that is the issue - not the complaints themselves.  The issue is that Scott didn't question the validity of the complaints at all.  He blew them off, as usual, with a joke delivered through the literary mouthpiece that is his father.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;I&gt;If you assume that this is the case, what webcomic law has be broken by repeating those words in his strip.&lt;/I&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Oh, there's no law against it.  It is just exceedingly pathetic, even if Scott's father IS saying those things IRL and Scott is being an honest reporter... because it basically means that Scott is the artistic equivalent of the whiny kid in your 5th Grade class who cries about how everyone should be nice to him and how nobody understands him and that his daddy&lt;BR/&gt;thinks he is funny and cool when nobody laughs at his sad little comedy act at the school talent show.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;I&gt;And I know that it was Scott because he has said it was. &lt;/I&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Ah, but we don't know for sure you know him, do we?  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;This isn't an accusation but I'm sure you know that there are some people... sad, pathetic people... who will often claim to speak with a famous person on a regular basis when they are trying to make points on a message board and quite often these people lie.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14994365/6419267025618844812/comments/default/1832026630586376765'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14994365/6419267025618844812/comments/default/1832026630586376765'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marionetteblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/scott-kurtz-will-get-his-dad-on-you.html?showComment=1179457740000#c1832026630586376765' title=''/><author><name>"Starman" Matt Morrison</name><uri>http://looking2dastars.livejournal.com</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://marionetteblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/scott-kurtz-will-get-his-dad-on-you.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994365.post-6419267025618844812' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14994365/posts/default/6419267025618844812' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994365.post-5555680237960138361</id><published>2007-05-18T02:14:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2007-05-18T02:14:00.000+01:00</updated><title type='text'>I don't know what that has to do with what I said....</title><content type='html'>I don't know what that has to do with what I said. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;First of all, I question the validity of those original complaints. The point of the original post here is predicated upon the assumption that Scott did something sexist, and people complained.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Either way, and leaving that aside, what exactly is the objection to Scott portraying his father in his comic?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Anyone who actually reads the strip knows that Scott's dad is often portrayed in the strip, and his dialogue is usually based on things he actually says.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;If you assume that this is the case, what webcomic law has be broken by repeating those words in his strip.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;And I know that it was Scott because he has said it was.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14994365/6419267025618844812/comments/default/5555680237960138361'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14994365/6419267025618844812/comments/default/5555680237960138361'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marionetteblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/scott-kurtz-will-get-his-dad-on-you.html?showComment=1179450840000#c5555680237960138361' title=''/><author><name>Electric Jesus</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08185551621357105949</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://marionetteblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/scott-kurtz-will-get-his-dad-on-you.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994365.post-6419267025618844812' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14994365/posts/default/6419267025618844812' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994365.post-5059244032927474366</id><published>2007-05-18T01:58:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2007-05-18T01:58:00.000+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Electric Jesus: For future reference, it might beh...</title><content type='html'>Electric Jesus: &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;For future reference, it might behoove you to read the entire comments thread before posting.  Then you might have noticed that someone else tried taking Mari to task over how inoffensive the comic was only to have it explained that the complaint is not about the sexism but about the pathetic attempts to undercut other people's complaints about sexism.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I'd also like to know how you're sure that Scott IS in fact the Kurtz of Kurtzness +20.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14994365/6419267025618844812/comments/default/5059244032927474366'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14994365/6419267025618844812/comments/default/5059244032927474366'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marionetteblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/scott-kurtz-will-get-his-dad-on-you.html?showComment=1179449880000#c5059244032927474366' title=''/><author><name>"Starman" Matt Morrison</name><uri>http://looking2dastars.livejournal.com</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://marionetteblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/scott-kurtz-will-get-his-dad-on-you.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994365.post-6419267025618844812' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14994365/posts/default/6419267025618844812' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>