So.... you're saying that eToys *didn't* actually sue etoy.com to try to
stop them from using their own domain name, even though etoy.com predated
eToys by TWO YEARS? Are you saying that eToys *didn't* use totally
fraudulent courtroom tactics to try to shut down a legitimate and
independent group that had nothing, whatsoever, to do with eToys?
I agree with you that the etoy.com resistance probably didn't have any
impact on eToys stock price, or at least not the impact claimed in the
earlier statement (though I do think that there's a semi-parodic air of
"revolutionary communication" that probably explains the exaggerations), but
beyond that, your assertions just don't square with *everything* else I've
read on the matter.
At least you don't sound too defensive about it. Let me guess, they laid
you off, and you're *still* toeing the corporate line?
If you really buy any of that shit, you're truly deluded. eToys
stock
dropped because it was ridiculously overpriced, at around the same
time most
other bloated tech stocks started dropping. Toywar/rtMark utilized
this
coincidence to make themselves look good, which in my eyes is just
as bad as
what eToys - actually, no, not eToys - one misguided dickhead at
eToys -
did. I used to work there, and the majority of people I interacted
with,
including most of upper management, were highly pissed off about the
whole
affair, but only got wind of it once it had already escalated to an
uncontrollable point.
Ehh, fuck it, this is a pointless conversation. People who blindly
accept
whatever info is shoved down their throats piss me off - it doesn't
matter
whether what they're blindly accepting is the usual mainstream media
crap or
some "underground activist" bullshit.
david
---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org
For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org