by Sean Orr | The Vancouver Sun has run an investigative report and come up with a list of people who are gay. Thanks Vancouver Sun. Thanks so much. Can you also uncover the secret hobbies, pastimes and activities of our province’s rich and/or famous; like for example Carol Huynh? “The real quirky thing about me is I read tons of fantasy books and books about magic,” said Huynh, 29, while taking a break from reading The Princess Bride at her Calgary home”. Thanks.
Downtown land deal imperils Vancouver Art Gallery move. I read that entire article and I still have no idea what is going on. Apparently the NPA went to the track and bet the entire deal on Papa’s Mustache.
Meanwhile the Pantages Theater sits in disrepair. One just need walk past there and take a whiff of the mold. At least I think that was mold. Maybe don’t whiff anything, actually.
Hey speaking of smells, why does Vancouver stink?. Oh, wow is that ever a leading question!
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Did you see Morning Brew this morning?
http://www.beyondrobson.com/news/2010/08/morning_brew_corporate_pride_is_my_excuse_to_publish_a_picture_of_some_shirtless_hotties/
Originally the first paragrah read
“I attended my first Pride parade on Sunday and despite being just about the gayest thing I’ve ever seen, it really was rather gay. Mostly just a bunch of corporate floats and large TD Bank banners and umbrellas, and a whole whack of cheap beaded necklaces with branded pendants. Ooh, how flaming. I doubt the original intent of the parade was to work Big Business Vancouver into a tizzy over a bunch of DINKs, and yet here we are.”
I find it very interesting that they silently censored the article with no editor’s note or apology. It’s also interesting that they will not publish my comments pointing this out, but they leave the ones that call the original commentor crazy.
WTF???
Yeah I saw it. To me it just proves, yet again, that Alana is just trying really hard to offend people. Others will say that this is hypocritical coming from me, but I developed my voice over a period of about 3 years. The editors there take a pretty hands off approach; they have even left a spelling mistake on the title of a particular post. As far as comments go however, they have always had a problem. I’m sure they are not censoring you.
honestly, why are you guys talking about me? it’s silly…i came to this site to check out what you were writing, and i have to say, i can agree with a lot of what you’re saying sean…particularly the recent post about arts in vancouver, but why the fuck are people commenting about me on this site. it’s bloody weird.
still, i’ll take this opportunity to say pride was gay. in the pejorative sense. it has turned into a corporate joke. and i guarantee…without question, that people in both your circles use “gay” in the same way as i have. i’d even bet a decent sum that you both have as well. i just don’t give a shit about offending people. i hate corporations, corporate sponsorship, and the corporate influence over events. several gay businesses could not afford to participate in this year’s pride parade. but i’m a homophobe for calling the event gay. meanwhile, there were numerous banners, t-shirts, signs and what not saying things like “homophobia is gay.” which is also using “gay” in the pejorative sense.
also d.i.n.k. stands for “double income no kids” which traditionally has attracted marketers to the gay community. so i was taking the piss out of the corporations and their greed, not the fucking gay community.
but you know what, i’m saying my piece on scout because it has a better chance of being heard. still, fuck you all. read between the lines.
also, sean, you admit to developing your voice over a period of 3 years…i wrote the brew for 3 months.
Look, I often just find your take on Morning Brew contrived, that’s all. Never offensive, only in that it seems like you’re trying hard to offend people. To be honest I didn’t find this thing about gay pride offensive at all. As far as us talking about you, well, it’s precisely because this fellow wanted to show the old Morning Brew writer that he is dissatisfied with the new direction, that’s all. I wouldn’t flatter yourself beyond that.
I think if anything, my problem wasn’t trying hard enough. For the compensation I received, I couldn’t justify putting 2 or 3 hours into it, so I relied on shock value at times. That being said, I fully enjoy throwing so-called “inappropriate” language at people because I find it interesting that we’re more concerned about words than how we behave toward each other. If I treat everybody equally, even if I’m a bastard, you can’t say I’m a bigot. Asshole, yes…bigot, no. But people always get so caught up in words…I think it misses the point.
Totally, and this is magnified by the internet. It is difficult at the best of times to convey sarcasm. And then there’s the readership at Beyond Robson who seem to be the most eager bunch of reactionary zealots around. I also don’t think Tim really realised how hard a job it actually can be.