> Just a quick side note about Cerebus: Actually, the rocks floating in space
> spliced with text was the beginning of his diatribe against women. The text
> just kept taking over the comic until there was no comic at all. While I agree
> with Dave Sim that it is his comic and he can do with it what he wishes, I
> don't have to keep reading it if I don't like what he does.

I had a similar if more autonomic response... i got bored and stopped buying
the book... still Cerebus is one cool looking earth pig.

> Back to the discussion: G3: I just had to respond to your post because I felt
> that it attacked feminism more than it defended OMG. I'm not a big feminist,
> but I do believe it has a valid reason for existance. Unfortunately, like all
> movements, it has its extremists who ruin it for the others. After all, as you
> pointed out, it's only fiction. It reminds me of when Dan Quayle attacked
> Murphy Brown for having a child outside of marraige. I'm still not sure he
> realized that Murphy Brown was a fictional character.

Its possible I have a habit of ranting...

> I didn't intend to start a flame war. Let's call this a warm ember war. I
> think we actually agree on three important issues:
> 1. AMS/OMG isn't sexist.
> 2. People who attack the goddesses for being stereotypes simply don't know
> what they're talking about.
> 3. Dave Sim is a jerk.

It seems we agree. ^_-  See the thing is I actually would consider myself to
be a feminist, or at the very least pro female-male harmony, equality
whatever... thus I find it irritating when extremist call off white black.
(I'm gonna change this train of thought before I hit a whole new issue...
0_0)
 
> Mike
> 
> P.S. By coincidence, my computer is a G3. I desperately want a G4 cube,
> though.

Heh.  As is mine ^_-  my name is George Green III (well theres a middle
initial but anyway) and I thought that considering as I love the G3, and my
first initial is a G and the last is a 3 that G3 worked a LOT better than
GEG3

^_^

-G3

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