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by hernan7 16y ago

http://www.fakesteve.net/2010/04/gruber-wants-to-make-a-citizens-arrest-at-gawker-and-gizmodo.html http://www.fakesteve.net/2010/04/gruber-wants-to-make-a-citi... Fake Steve Jobs: "John, dude, I love you like a son, but you’re letting this get to you, it’s getting under your skin, you need to let it go"

pohl 16y ago
That post feels like it was ghost-written by someone who can't tap into the voice of the FSJ character. Or maybe Dan's having an off-day. I love the pic, though.
neonfunk 16y ago
Yes, I'm being a gruber apologist, but that post was written days ago, before the raid. If anything, I think that there was a raid vindicates gruber's sense that this is serious business, and that the police are treating it as such.
- pyre 16y ago
  The police are only treating it as serious business because it's a popular news item. (and it gets the DA's name in the papers)
  - neonfunk 16y ago
    They would risk their department's integrity for the sake of popularity?
    - pyre 16y ago
      s/They/The DA/ s/their/the police/ {edit} Also, the police will go after popular news items because their response will also get into the 'papers.' This way it looks to the public as if they are doing something. (The police may also feel there is public pressure to 'do something' due to the coverage of the crime.)
  - kemiller 16y ago
    I dunno, that seems more like a "lighting a joint in front of a police car" kind of thing. An offense that the police might let slide becomes a priority when it's done publicly or obviously.
RyanMcGreal 16y ago
It's funny because Fake Steve has now written at least four or five posts about the matter.
tptacek 16y ago
I'm nowhere near the apologist for Apple that Gruber is and the Gizmodo thing is way, way under my skin. The TechCrunch Twitter debacle is still under my skin for exactly the same reason.
- tjogin 16y ago
  Gruber is no Apple apologist, he's just too insightful to come up with rants and raves about how one could "fix" Apple's business with a simple adjustment — unlike everybody else with an opinion on Apple.

by hernan7 16y ago

pohl 16y ago

That post feels like it was ghost-written by someone who can't tap into the voice of the FSJ character. Or maybe Dan's having an off-day. I love the pic, though.

neonfunk 16y ago

Yes, I'm being a gruber apologist, but that post was written days ago, before the raid. If anything, I think that there was a raid vindicates gruber's sense that this is serious business, and that the police are treating it as such.

pyre 16y ago
The police are only treating it as serious business because it's a popular news item. (and it gets the DA's name in the papers)
- neonfunk 16y ago
  They would risk their department's integrity for the sake of popularity?
  - pyre 16y ago
    s/They/The DA/ s/their/the police/ {edit} Also, the police will go after popular news items because their response will also get into the 'papers.' This way it looks to the public as if they are doing something. (The police may also feel there is public pressure to 'do something' due to the coverage of the crime.)
- kemiller 16y ago
  I dunno, that seems more like a "lighting a joint in front of a police car" kind of thing. An offense that the police might let slide becomes a priority when it's done publicly or obviously.

RyanMcGreal 16y ago

It's funny because Fake Steve has now written at least four or five posts about the matter.

tptacek 16y ago

I'm nowhere near the apologist for Apple that Gruber is and the Gizmodo thing is way, way under my skin. The TechCrunch Twitter debacle is still under my skin for exactly the same reason.

tjogin 16y ago
Gruber is no Apple apologist, he's just too insightful to come up with rants and raves about how one could "fix" Apple's business with a simple adjustment — unlike everybody else with an opinion on Apple.