Comments on: Why the Harlan Ellison Thing Matters http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/08/29/why-the-harlan-ellison-thing-matters/ Independent Opinions on Comics of All Kinds Thu, 24 May 2012 14:45:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Comics Worth Reading http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/08/29/why-the-harlan-ellison-thing-matters/comment-page-1/#comment-33309 Comics Worth Reading Tue, 19 Sep 2006 18:08:50 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/08/29/why-the-harlan-ellison-thing-matters/#comment-33309 [...] Someone get Ellison checked for senility, ok? His latest boo-boo (after groping Connie Willis during an award presentation) is suing Fantagraphics, Gary Groth, and Kim Thompson. [...]

[...] Someone get Ellison checked for senility, ok? His latest boo-boo (after groping Connie Willis during an award presentation) is suing Fantagraphics, Gary Groth, and Kim Thompson. [...]

]]> By: Highlander http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/08/29/why-the-harlan-ellison-thing-matters/comment-page-1/#comment-32868 Highlander Thu, 31 Aug 2006 23:57:20 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/08/29/why-the-harlan-ellison-thing-matters/#comment-32868 It matters because one human being put their hands on another human being who did not want to be touched like that. What it means to various other focus groups and random strangers and other uninvolved folks is all well and good, but, ultimately, what matters is that someone did something very wrong to someone else, and apparently, they did so in a context and an atmosphere in which at least some people feel that the unacceptable act was actually fine. That's why this matters -- because some people are still extremely stupid about these things. It matters because one human being put their hands on another human being who did not want to be touched like that.

What it means to various other focus groups and random strangers and other uninvolved folks is all well and good, but, ultimately, what matters is that someone did something very wrong to someone else, and apparently, they did so in a context and an atmosphere in which at least some people feel that the unacceptable act was actually fine.

That’s why this matters — because some people are still extremely stupid about these things.

]]> By: James Schee http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/08/29/why-the-harlan-ellison-thing-matters/comment-page-1/#comment-32846 James Schee Thu, 31 Aug 2006 05:27:43 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/08/29/why-the-harlan-ellison-thing-matters/#comment-32846 Wow, I stay away from the computer for a couple of days, and come back to this. Man, I've never bought anything from Ellison, and this makes me kind of glad. I love Willis's work, so much that I even bought what seemed like a too expensive HC after reading it from the library and loving it so. I wouldn't care if a man or woman were strangers or heck even married, that kind of stuff especially on a public stage is just wrong. Wow, I stay away from the computer for a couple of days, and come back to this. Man, I’ve never bought anything from Ellison, and this makes me kind of glad.

I love Willis’s work, so much that I even bought what seemed like a too expensive HC after reading it from the library and loving it so. I wouldn’t care if a man or woman were strangers or heck even married, that kind of stuff especially on a public stage is just wrong.

]]> By: Lisa Lopacinski http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/08/29/why-the-harlan-ellison-thing-matters/comment-page-1/#comment-32830 Lisa Lopacinski Wed, 30 Aug 2006 22:09:11 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/08/29/why-the-harlan-ellison-thing-matters/#comment-32830 It is so unfortunate that this happened. It's really no wonder why there are so few female comic book readers when these types of things happen and people are so quick to brush it off or make excuses for it. It is so unfortunate that this happened. It’s really no wonder why there are so few female comic book readers when these types of things happen and people are so quick to brush it off or make excuses for it.

]]> By: Mir http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/08/29/why-the-harlan-ellison-thing-matters/comment-page-1/#comment-32824 Mir Wed, 30 Aug 2006 17:18:26 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/08/29/why-the-harlan-ellison-thing-matters/#comment-32824 And are we supposed to believe that if a man groped Susan Ellison in public, Harlan would just laugh? I doubt it, somehow. Mir And are we supposed to believe that if a man groped Susan Ellison in public, Harlan would just laugh?

I doubt it, somehow.

Mir

]]> By: Sarah http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/08/29/why-the-harlan-ellison-thing-matters/comment-page-1/#comment-32802 Sarah Wed, 30 Aug 2006 07:15:05 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/08/29/why-the-harlan-ellison-thing-matters/#comment-32802 <i>Those who are excusing the encounter as "between Harlan and Connie" are ignoring the very real message it sends</i> For heaven's sake, it happened *on-stage* to an *honoree* at a *major industry ceremony*. How more public would it have to be to make it a matter of community concern? Those who are excusing the encounter as “between Harlan and Connie” are ignoring the very real message it sends

For heaven’s sake, it happened *on-stage* to an *honoree* at a *major industry ceremony*. How more public would it have to be to make it a matter of community concern?

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