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June 12, 2003 Link to this post
A call for decency
Yesterday, we posted a note about a story published in the Seattle Times which contained a couple of entertaining mistakes. (Entertaining, that is, for those who know Bungie well. To the rest of the world, it's doubtful they were even noticed.) I saw several disturbing posts on our forum today, expressing outrage that anyone would make these mistakes... but what really got to me was a note someone sent, containing the rant they had mailed directly to the author. In it, they insulted her personally, maligned her physical appearance, cast aspersions on her sexual orientation, and (almost incidentally) attempted to correct her mistakes... unsuccessfully. I'd like to take this opportunity to suggest that the absolute worst face you can put on a Bungie fan is one contorted with this sort of puerile rage - when you act this stupidly in public, you reflect badly on ALL Bungie fans. As Gawyn put succinctly in our forum, "please act like adults when you contact the press because you, in some fashion, represent the community at large, and we want to have a good reputation." (Louis Wu 02:26:29 UTC)
