> Okay, I think we're done here.
>
> On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 9:53 AM, <
tfmo@christmasghost.com> wrote:
>
>> Really. Then why don't you try this little experiment: Take any
>> article
>> your boss at Vanity Fair or HuffPo has written, rewrite it to "make fun
>> of" him, then send it back to him and call it an "improvement."
>>
>> Let's see if your "parody" argument helps you keep your job.
>>
>> Welcome to reality. And the unemployment line.
>>
>> > This is what's known as "parody." I didn't damage any of your
>> "property"
>> -
>> > rather, I altered a downloaded copy of your work as a means by which
>> to
>> > make
>> > fun of you, then I sent you that new version as a joke. You'll be
>> happy
>> to
>> > learn that your original cartoon is safe and sound in your own
>> possession.
>> > Welcome to America.
>> > On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 9:24 AM, <
tfmo@christmasghost.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Well, how else do you describe it when someone takes part of your
>> >> property
>> >> and scribbles all over it against your wishes? If I were to take one
>> of
>> >> your articles, remove your writing and replace it with my own
>> opinion,
>> >> would that not be much the same thing? Or if I went to your house
>> and
>> >> did
>> >> that on your kitchen wall?
>> >>
>> >> If you have an objection to my cartoon, there's a couple of handy
>> little
>> >> doo-dads called "e-mail" and "comment box." Feel free to voice your
>> >> opinion in either or both, but do not assume that because more people
>> >> know
>> >> your name than mine that you have any authority to alter my work.
>> You
>> >> are
>> >> not my editor. You are not my boss. You are not my coworker. You
>> are
>> >> not my partner. If you want me to draw a cartoon, then we can
>> discuss
>> >> content and fees. Otherwise, kindly keep your hands to yourself.
>> >>
>> >> Sincerely,
>> >>
>> >> TFMo
>> >>
>> >> > "Vandalizing?" Wow.
>> >> >
>> >> > On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 3:21 AM, <
tfmo@christmasghost.com> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> Thanks. But I prefer it as is, as do people whom I hold in much
>> >> higher
>> >> >> esteem. Perhaps your time might be better utilized by coming up
>> with
>> >> >> your
>> >> >> own cartoon, instead of applying unsolicited, unnecessary, and
>> >> unwanted
>> >> >> edits to mine.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Or perhaps you could use your influence as a writer for such media
>> as
>> >> >> Vanity Fair and Huffington Post to actually spread a little truth
>> >> about
>> >> >> the blatant deception being committed by the White House and
>> members
>> >> of
>> >> >> the various media, instead of dickering around with a largely
>> unknown
>> >> >> amateur political cartoonist/commentator's work?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I'm not sure what artistic circles you associate with, but where I
>> >> come
>> >> >> from, vandalizing another artist's work without their prior
>> explicit
>> >> >> permission is a grave insult. Please bear this in mind the next
>> time
>> >> >> you
>> >> >> decide to "improve" someone else's creation.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Sincerely,
>> >> >>
>> >> >> TFMo
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >
>> >>
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>> >
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