Ola guys
Well Again I will note that like a bunch of eels in a bucket of snot the Editors and managers of MM are avoiding the whole issue that was started in this thread. In his latest BS statement, the great leader
coughBScough of MM is calling a lot of people upset and the main reason seemed to be "Jealousy and Greed" I have been pondering over this and still am a little puzzled where the Jealousy and greed part comes in at the original issue in which this thread was started. Because looking at it I feel I lost on all points. I actually paid for a cheap looking 3rd rate special magazine. So I lost money and got pretty much nothing in return. Which looks to me to be pretty much the absolute opposite of Jealousy and Greed.
The fun thing I thought was the quote
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"What we don't need, is for those few hours every week that we do have to actually do something we enjoy doing, to be spoilt by a minority of self-important, selfish non-entites, who would rather spend their time attempting to spread the poison of their own little unhappy lives, to others."
Excuse me... when you first did the whole photography ban because you wanted the scoop for your own magazine and eventually reward us with pride a really [auto-censored]ty copy of very low quality... I think it was you lovely people at MM who gave us the poison to spread around... Or would you have thought "Ah those daft people will never notice that. We can get away with it.". I actually still love the if you ignore the problem it is not there attitude of you guys. So again I will remind you to the award given to you by me
Yes it is the Ostrich award 2008 and it goes to you... by the narrowest of margins...Actually that is a lie... you won it not with a noselength but by the length of a few cities. Great job and congrats. I hope you will find a nice place for it in your offices.
As for the whole banning of people because they are critical... and therefore honest. Or simply want to tell you they are feeling ripped off. Because that is what a lot of people (and I'm talking about people paying money for the (not so) special, apart from the mags and the photography ban) feel. It kinda makes me wonder if you people learned business skills in the same classroom as Mao Zedong and Kim Yong Il. "if we don't like you we simply ignore you... and send you away... Very mature... but it surely is a way to make sure you are only surrounded by comrades. Or A$$lickers so you want. I for one don't feel very comfortable in that kind of area... next to the fact it makes your breath smell very bad. That aside... I have not slept a single minute less by the mention of the ban, ( I actually went to the bar to celebrate)... since you opened I have not felt the single urge to sign up. And that urge never appeared either. I have my house here. I like it here. People are friendly, Arguments happen and are solved (mostly) in pretty civilized manners. Sure your way works too. Simply delete everything you don't like. Is also a way of pretending everybody is happy. It kinda reminds me of the movie Equilibrium... if you have not seen it yet you should... some great lessons are to be learned there (next to some of the awesomest shooting scenes and the totally awesome Gun Kata sport). (V for Vendetta is also quite a good example)
As for the Euromilitaire event... well I have never been there. And with this organisation the chance of ever getting there is pretty small. As in non existent. Luckily Europe has some good alternatives. I name a KMK in Belgium or the SMC in Eindhoven, Torrent in Spain. There is enough interesting stuff to be seen there. Equally good models and a perfect ambiance. Which I think do deserve the attention of the magazines. I am afraid with this organisation the Euromilitaire will look like this in the near future
As for all the comments to us the small minority on our small sites.. Please keep in mind that you were the people to provide us with the ammo for this debate and treat people like you yourself want to be treated.
With friendly greetz
Robert Blokker
