I don't get it.

[lederhosen]

I don't get all the fuss about the 'Open Source Boob Project' business.

Don't get me wrong, I agree that it's skeezy and obnoxious and all. I just don't get why Some Guy On LJ being skeezy at a con is suddenly provoking such a flurry of posting, because my understanding is that there are lots of skeezy people on LJ - quite a few of whom go to cons - and generally it doesn't attract anywhere near this level of attention. If it was Orson Scott Card or somebody else famous (or even Brendan Nelson) I could understand, but not this.

(I think what this boils down to is that a lot of people seem to view the originator of the concept as a Somebody, and I've never figured out what makes him any more noteworthy than all the other folk on LJ who have opinions and aren't afraid to post them. Therefore I just write him off under the "lots of people are idiots" umbrella category.)

Comments

[ambitious-wench.livejournal.com]

I long ago gave up on TheFerrett as unworthy of the attention and fandom he seems to have garnered on LJ. James Nicoll is way less pretentious, sexist or Nice Guy-ish(TM) and has the distinction of penning one of the BEST Intarweb Quotes EVAR, IMO.

And James (the one who pointed to the dispute in question) definitely had it right when he called Ferrett a "sad male fan".

BTW, can someone enlighten me regarding the Harlan Ellison ref? Was/is he known for grabbing boobs at cons?

[torin3.livejournal.com]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlan_Ellison

About halfway down the page, the section titled:
"With Connie Willis at Hugo Awards 2006"

[ambitious-wench.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

[thette.livejournal.com]

The Connie Willis episode made it very public, but in the aftermath, there were many female fans writing about being sexually harrassed by Ellison (and other famous SF authors).