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| #1 Posted on 29.12.04 1632.49 Reposted on: 29.12.11 1635.11 | http://www.pwtorch.com/artman/publish/article_11276.shtml
Originally posted by PWTorch.com WWE Champion John Layfield (a/k/a JBL) sent in the following letter from Afghanistan in response to the Keller's Take he read while online overseas earlier this week.
And Keller posted his response to JBL in that link also.
Here is said Keller's initial take: http://www.pwtorch.com/artman/publish/article_11276.shtml
Basically JBL calls Keller a dirtsheet writer and Keller says there was too much politics and media-hating.
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| #2 Posted on 29.12.04 1657.27 Reposted on: 29.12.11 1658.14 | Hmmmm... I read and then re-read that, I don't see where JBL comes off as labelling Keller a "dirtsheet writer". By the very fact he sends a rebuttal -- however misguided it may or may not be -- he is acknowledging that Keller is at least somewhat respectable as a journalist, albeit a wrestling columnist. (I suppose I reveal a little of my own bias with that comment, but c'est la vie).
Keller did a good job in turning aside JBL's criticisms, and good on him for it. I just don't see where JBL questioned his credibility -- merely what he said. | JustinShapiro
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| #3 Posted on 29.12.04 1708.14 Reposted on: 29.12.11 1708.24 | "Basically JBL calls Keller a dirtsheet writer"
I don't really agree, and I wouldn't put them in opposition as nemeses in the thread title either. Layfield's response was almost a complete 180 from the kind of stuff he wrote last May and seemed to me like a very sincere, rational, and fairly-written point of contention, even though I personally agree more with what Wade inititally wrote. | MoeGates
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| #4 Posted on 29.12.04 1730.00 Reposted on: 29.12.11 1730.41 | The general rule: The more often the word "respectful" or "respectfully" is used in reference to another person, the more the full of shit the writer thinks said other person is. | ges7184
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| #5 Posted on 29.12.04 1816.25 Reposted on: 29.12.11 1817.48 | Originally posted by MoeGates The general rule: The more often the word "respectful" or "respectfully" is used in reference to another person, the more the full of shit the writer thinks said other person is.
What? Who made that general rule? Come on, you guys are just trying to read something into Bradshaw's e-mail that just simply isn't there. | OMEGA
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| #6 Posted on 29.12.04 1900.55 Reposted on: 29.12.11 1901.55 | I see no problem with what JBL wrote. I, personally, thought he expressed his feelings in a very respectful and intelligent way. Even if, deep down, he was thinking to himself "This Wade Keller is a stupid piece of shit dirt-sheet writer", he still did a good job in writing his remarks in a tactful way. And to Wade's credit, he did the same in his rebuttal.
It's good to see two men arguing in a respectful way without resorting to name-calling and anger.
However, the thing I found most interesting: Bradshaw and Al Franken are friends? I don't know why, but that amuses me for some reason.
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| #7 Posted on 29.12.04 2119.08 Reposted on: 29.12.11 2119.11 | Layfield deserves a ton of credit for at least writing back and trying to explain his company's point of view. I'm sure it would have been a lot easier (and less controversial) just to leave Keller's commentary alone, because no matter what a guy like JBL says, the Internet's just going to crap on it anyways.
WWE did do a terrific thing by entertaining the troops(though I don't think there are too many people disputing that point), and if that comes with a little politicizing, so be it. I don't really think a few political comments here and there (and that's really all it was) in any way takes away from what guys like JBL accomplished there.
Is Vince McMahon doing this all for some good publicity? Very possibly, but think of how they've tried to get free PR in the past (the Billy-Chuck wedding springs to mind), and ask yourself if what McMahon said on the air is really so bad.
I have to say that like JBL or dislike him, he's a class act for (a) staying with the troops AFTER the cameras have been turned off and (b) writing that letter calmly and intelligently.
And... the "Now you can go back to bashing me as a terrible champion" sign-off at the end was cute. | thecubsfan
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| #8 Posted on 29.12.04 2317.10 Reposted on: 29.12.11 2317.22 | like a very sincere, rational, and fairly-written point of contention
Luckily, he got all the irrational and insincere stuff out in his WWE.com column. | A Fan
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| #9 Posted on 30.12.04 1049.43 Reposted on: 30.12.11 1049.44 | I think JBL is the last person to critize the media since A) He was one on MSNBC until he got fired. B) If the media frenzy over the election didn't happen he probably wouldn't be champ. C) There is no C.
However, JBL wrote a very good and rational argument to support his claims. I watch Air American, Al does comment on JBL even had him on a few times and how much he disagrees with his position on the war, but never his committment to the troops. I kinda agree with the media basis with the war ie if it bleeds it leads, but to say everything fine in Iraqi is bit riddiculous to believe. I too have friends who I talk to you who hate the situation they are in and see no real leadership coming from the administration. Yet, they do beleive in the leadership of their commanders in front of them to get the job.
I just think Keller is wrong in this instance. Vince does spend a ton of money to go there, the show is free and the troops do appericate it. I know there is some money to be made on this ie advertising dollars and good PR, but ultimatly going to Iraqi is a good thing for everyone involved. I just think the internet breeds negativity, so if Keller wants hits to his site, he'll bash Vince every chance he gets, because thats what interests us. I do think this would be a nice critique of how wrestling fans and TV fans would rather have bad news than good news. | JustinShapiro
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| #10 Posted on 30.12.04 1812.30 Reposted on: 30.12.11 1812.59 | Wade was more than fair about pointing out the enormous generosity in what Vince did, and Vince was perfectly deserving of criticism for politicizing an aspect of it. But the idea that it's bashing for the sake of bashing is silly. | BigDaddyLoco
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| #11 Posted on 30.12.04 1840.56 Reposted on: 30.12.11 1841.45 | B) If the media frenzy over the election didn't happen he probably wouldn't be champ.
I always thought the JBL character is how Vince would book himself were he an actual wrestler.
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| #12 Posted on 31.12.04 0240.45 Reposted on: 31.12.11 0241.27 | I've never understood why everyone seems to think Vince is so right-wing. All of his ideals are decidedly liberal. He whines about freedom of expression, thinking it should allow him to parade necrophilia in front of children and then sell them toys. He is exactly what the extreme right deplore, the exact kind of liberal scum they spew their Jesus-tinged venom at, and yet everyone is like, that Vince, he such a republican! I'm sure he just votes goes red for the tax-cut, since money is his God.
Bradshaw made a fair point, but his main problem is he likes war. He really loves it. He loves knowing people are out there getting killed, it's a manhood test for him. He blinds himself to the real reasons things happen.
Vince McMahon went there for the PR. Doesn't mean he didn't do a great thing, but if it was just about the troops he wouldn't have gone all over TV talking about what a great thing he did. That why he came out first. Was it good for the troops? Absolutely. But it was still the Vince McMahon show, no doubt. | Torchslasher
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| #13 Posted on 31.12.04 0720.44 Reposted on: 31.12.11 0720.58 | Originally posted by Hogan's My Dad I've never understood why everyone seems to think Vince is so right-wing. All of his ideals are decidedly liberal. He whines about freedom of expression, thinking it should allow him to parade necrophilia in front of children and then sell them toys. He is exactly what the extreme right deplore, the exact kind of liberal scum they spew their Jesus-tinged venom at, and yet everyone is like, that Vince, he such a republican! I'm sure he just votes goes red for the tax-cut, since money is his God.
Bradshaw made a fair point, but his main problem is he likes war. He really loves it. He loves knowing people are out there getting killed, it's a manhood test for him. He blinds himself to the real reasons things happen.
Vince McMahon went there for the PR. Doesn't mean he didn't do a great thing, but if it was just about the troops he wouldn't have gone all over TV talking about what a great thing he did. That why he came out first. Was it good for the troops? Absolutely. But it was still the Vince McMahon show, no doubt.
Unless you know Bradshaw personally, I absolutely think that you shouldn't make those kinds of comments about him "loving" war. You shouldn't say that Bradshaw advocates murder and death.
This is the kind of condescension that brings out the divide in this country, and this continent many times.
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| #14 Posted on 31.12.04 0901.27 Reposted on: 31.12.11 0903.42 | If JBL thinks the reporters over there are such pussies, I wish he would at least acknowledge the journalists who died covering the war, such as Michael Kelley and David Bloom. I think there have been about two dozen others, but I'm not sure what the count is. | HMD
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| #15 Posted on 31.12.04 1957.26 Reposted on: 31.12.11 1959.01 | Originally posted by Torchslasher Unless you know Bradshaw personally, I absolutely think that you shouldn't make those kinds of comments about him "loving" war. You shouldn't say that Bradshaw advocates murder and death.
This is the kind of condescension that brings out the divide in this country, and this continent many times.
(edited by Torchslasher on 31.12.04 0522)
I am taking that position based on years of statements Bradshaw has made out-of-character, which is all I need to go on. I don't have to know him personally, it's evident in numerous comments he has made.
For one, no one who brags about the success of the U.S. forces as much as Bradshaw does could possibly hate war. He appeared once before the troops and told them that the U.S. is undefeated in war, which isn't even true. His articles clearly indicate his stance. War is always the answer for Bradshaw. He loves it. He absolutely advocates murder and death, he has publicly stated that entire countries should be turned into parking lots to kill terrorism, giving no thought to the innocent or unconnected people who would die in the process. Clearly not having researched that in the entire history of terrorism it has never been defeated by force.
I don't see what's condescending about applying his own statements to the general sentiment they do nothing to obscure. He's like a lot of people in America and other parts of the world right now who love war. Of course they love it, they don't fight in them, their kids don't fight in them, so it's all glory for them.
This isn't a bias against any kind of conservatism ideology either, but two years of backlogged Bradshaw rants clearly indicate that he "loves" war.
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