My fansub controversy… WITH A TWIST!
I just can’t win, can I?
You all should remember just how much I got flamed for talking about how I feel that people who download fansubs don’t actually spend money at all to support the industry. I didn’t attack any people in particular because I know that there are some people out there who spend a lot. I was just saying that there wasn’t as much of that as there should be.
So then can you believe my reaction to this comment left on my review of “My Wife is a High School Girl”?
Let me first say I looked up your blog on Technorati and I like much of what I am seeing here. We obviously have very different tastes, but I am not getting into any of that. What is bothering me is your preview of the unlicensed title above. By “unlicensed” I am guessing what you mean is that you downloaded the eps from Kazaa or BitTorrent and watched them in their entirety without paying for them. As the top-ranked ‘anime reviews’ blog on Technorati I hope you don’t condone this sort of behavior. Personally, I am hoping you were on a cruise ship in Japanese waters for six weeks where you watched the eps on TV without the benefit of subtitles, understanding every word spoken with your fluent grasp of the Japanese language. That must have been fun! Tell us more about it will you?
http://animesnobs.blogspot.com/2005/08/bittorrent-and-anime.html
o_O!
And man, if you thought my rant on the subject was bad, you should see what he wrote! But then again, before I got into fansubs, I probably would be the same way. In fact, I guess I still am kinda the same way. There has to be a reason why I pissed off so many people, right?
Anyway, I just really thought I should share this with you all. I find it insulting but ironic at the same time. I wrote my retort to his comment right under that in the review, so feel free to look at that if you want. Either way, I hope this isn’t the last I hear from Mr. Snob. 
