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Yes. I did read it – and I stand by what I said. I find it hugely disingenuous and/or self-absorbed that only now that the shoe is on the other foot, Mr. Parker
by incongruity 13y ago
Yes. I did read it – and I stand by what I said. I find it hugely disingenuous and/or self-absorbed that only now that the shoe is on the other foot, Mr. Parker changes his tune... only after getting rich by exploiting things not so distant from that which he wants to curtail now.
Edit: The additional quote does nothing to change my point. He doesn't dispute what I said about him profiting from his actions – but he still wants personal sympathy.
I agree with his larger point, privacy matters, but I find this messenger to be distinctly self-serving in all of his actions.
- joyeuse6701 13y agoI think it's fair, if you're the underdog against the proverbial fatcats and then you realize in a turn of events that you're the fatcat. I think it better he come to his senses than remain ignorant and hold to some naive principle he had as a kid. Let's get off that high moral horse, people change opinions and judgments, it wouldn't be prudent to hold that against them.
- incongruity 13y agoExcept the revelation rings hollow when he's still sitting with a fortune made by doing so. He's trying to have it both ways and has no qualms getting his and then fighting to keep the spoils (i.e.: his lavish life and the privacy surrounding it are absolutely spoils of his previous actions) It's hardly (just?) a high moral horse. I dislike the whole do as I say and not as I do attitude.
- joyeuse6701 13y agoI'd agree with you IFF he was asking for compensation after being wronged. As you pointed out, he exploited, in one aspect or another, reaping the benefits at the expense of others. Conversely it happened to him. It is fair to point out the observation post introspection of being on both sides of the equation, exploiter and exploited. It is not be fair to ask for compensation for exploitation and not willing to give compensation for exploiting.