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.)

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[manna]

I agree that the response seems disproportionate to a couple of dozen people doing something at a con, and one idiot talking about it on LJ. But I think the massive response is in large part because he pushed a lot of people's buttons on the particular subject of unwanted touching, which is something about which a lot of women have very strong feelings indeed. A lot of straws settled on a lot of camels' backs.

[ambitious-wench.livejournal.com]

"...which is something about which a lot of women have very strong feelings indeed."

/me counts to 100, takes several deep breaths to lower her blood pressure

[Bitter irony=ON]
Ya think?
[Bitter irony=OFF. Bitter irony, OFF, dammit! Bitter irony !@#$% OFF, right now!]

/me rips the "Bitter Irony" button out of the control panel and eats it.