[Austin-ghetto-list] coitus interruptus

[meadow]

jaxon-
why did ventura have it in for you?  i heard it was something about a woman.
it had to have been something personal.
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jaxon41 wrote:

> Sorry my rant, part 6, got posted in the fashion it did.  I was only
> half-way through but had to give the machine to Sam.  I hit "Send Later,"
> thinking machine would transfer the file to Drafts (as it usually does,
> i.e., store it), but for some reason the Beast actually did Send Later.
> Anyway, I'll try to finish the installment tonite & send again; delete what
> you've got as my part 6.
>
> As now planned, the outrage that Ventura's review generated will have to
> come in 2 parts--because of the magnitude of it and my usual
> everything-but-the-kitchen-sink "context" yakks.  "Yakkity Yak, Don't Talk
> Back."  Well, I'm TALKING BACK to the Chron because my gripe extends well
> beyond one, isolated crappy review to the fundamental question of whether we
> have the right to defend ourselves from flagrant abuse by the press--esp.
> important in this case because the rag was one that supposedly is
> "alternative" & devoted to the free expression of ideas.  Don't get me
> wrong: I don't want to censor/eliminate V's review from cyberspace.  I just
> want to post My Side out there with it--EQUITY, By God.  It was denied me by
> my so-called friends at the Chron and is being denied me now, as the
> situation now stands on the Net.  I won't put up with it any longer; thus my
> rants, which I'll somehow cut-and-paste to a website when finished.  Please
> bear with me, because I feel there's a matter of principle involved here
> that's grater than pissant ego gratification for myself alone.
>
> Thanks guys & gals for the encouraging words I've received.  Jaxon